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Site Targets USA but Only Gets Pakistani Traffic

         

bushib

8:40 pm on Feb 12, 2021 (gmt 0)

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Hi,

I reside in Pakistan but my site is registered and hosted in USA.

I set USA as my preferred country in the Google Search Console.

But according to my traffic stats, I get maximum traffic from Pakistan.

Can anyone tell me please how can I get maximum traffic from USA?

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Regards

RedBar

7:32 pm on Feb 14, 2021 (gmt 0)

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Don't ask me why however sometiimes G suddenly decides that you're no longer worthy of US traffic and all it sends is from your own country.

I had this happen with a a very big Indian export-only .com site, it ranked well for years and then G decided it was a local supploer ... and that was it, never recovered.

I have wondered whether G evaluators in some countries have eceived favours?

martinibuster

8:46 pm on Feb 14, 2021 (gmt 0)

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How many Pakistani links does the site have?

Does the site have languages other than English?

Does the top of the HTML show what language it is set to?

phranque

9:13 pm on Feb 14, 2021 (gmt 0)

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Does the top of the HTML show what language it is set to?

google ignores any language signals in HTML attributes:
Google uses the visible content of your page to determine its language. We don't use any code-level language information such as lang attributes, or the URL.

source:
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/managing-multi-regional-sites?hl=en#make-sure-the-page-language-is-obvious

unless you are referring to a link rel alternate hreflang element, which would only be useful if:
...the site (has) languages other than English...

Robert Charlton

1:53 am on Feb 15, 2021 (gmt 0)

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bushib... to better describe your question, I've changed the subject line of your post from "How to Get Maximum Google Traffic from USA?" to "Site Targets USA but Only Gets Pakistani Traffic".

In another thread on WebmasterWorld, you've posted asking about building links...
I need to know how many backlinks are safe to build for a newly published blog in one week and one month time period?

I'm making some assumptions about how you might be "building" these links, and my answer to that question is that it is not safe to "build" any backlinks. You need to build content and reputation in the world to attract those links naturally... in a way that Google does not feel is unfairly manipulated.

Google's intent is to reward freely-given, editorial links from relevant sites. I'm guessing your built links may not satisfy these conditions.

To attract more traffic from the USA, you've got to have unique, useful content to attract traffic and links from the USA... and you need to create enough "buzz" on the web, via social media, advertising, or genuine mentions of your site by authoritative sources... however you do that, to attract relevant links. That involves marketing, and it may involve brand-building. It does not involve link building, in the old SEO sense of buying links, or of assembly-line style guest posting.

Regarding the USA traffic vs Pakistani traffic, my question to you is roughly the same as martinibuster's... how many of your backlinks are from Pakistan, and how many are from the US?

Also, I should note that the USA and Pakistan are very different markets... so it's not likely that the same content is going to work in both countries. Additionally, the US market is generally more competitive than the Pakistani market.

Regarding geo-targeting... I've always felt that the location of inbound links, along with onsite factors, localization of content, and actual physical presence, has much more to do with geo-aspects of site traffic than the location of hosting does.

I should add that in your question that I quoted above, you described the site as "a newly published blog". I'm not sure it's the same site... but time-to-rank issues would apply to both. A newly published blog in the US, targeted to the US, might take six to nine months to rank in the US, sometimes longer. It depends on the niche, the quality and uniqueness of your information, the demand for that information, and what kind of "buzz" you can create elsewhere.

It is not simply a question of getting the markup or technical aspects of the site working properly, though that is also necessary... but it's also a question of what you've got to say, sell, or show... and how you go about letting the world know that... and about how the world reacts.

Hope that helps.

System

12:41 pm on Feb 16, 2021 (gmt 0)

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bushib

9:10 pm on Feb 20, 2021 (gmt 0)

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Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you very much for replying to my questions.

I learned something useful and informative.

Please find below the answers to your additional questions.

1. I don't have much links from Pakistan.
2. All the content on the site is in the English Language but I have a translator plugin installed to translate the contents in different languages.
3. Top of the HTML set to English

I will be very thankful if you provide me some help/guides on brand building and reputation building and also how to write useful content that attracts links.

Regards
Bushib

FranticFish

5:52 pm on Feb 23, 2021 (gmt 0)

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LINK DEVELPOMENT

There are a ton of good ideas in the Link Development section archive - [webmasterworld.com...]

If you have the time then I would recommend setting aside a few days, starting around 10 years ago, maybe even 15 years ago, and working your way forward. I did when I started here.

You'll get a lot of posts that aren't relevant any more, but that will give you an idea of what link-building used to be, the history of it, and the changes that have come in over the years, and you'll see a load of ideas being discussed that stopped working. You'll hopefully learn what you shouldn't do, and realise how long-lasting and even permanent some of this can be.

Then there are also some real 'lightbulb' moments and ideas on how to approach getting links, and ideas and concepts that are old but still work.

CONTENT

My advice on this as far as it relates to ranking (or indeed anything) is that it's important to have content that is popular with the sort of people you want to link to it (or Tweet it, share it etc).

There is no universal standard of 'good content'. You can write fantastic expert level content but it will go nowhere unless you market it. You need to get your writing in front of people who will then promote it for you via their endorsement / recommendation of it.

martinibuster

6:24 am on Feb 24, 2021 (gmt 0)

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1. I don't have much links from Pakistan.


If you want traffic from English speaking countries you'll need to have links from the countries where you want to rank well.

bushib

8:51 pm on Feb 24, 2021 (gmt 0)

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Ok thank you very much for your replies.

bushib

8:53 pm on Feb 24, 2021 (gmt 0)

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May I ask another question?

How to rank in the Top 3 positions of Google with the targeted keywords?

Some of my targeted keywords are on page no. 2. How can I get them on the top positions of Google?

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Regards