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Struggle for .com site in UK search

         

Bonusjump

5:18 pm on Nov 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I will admit to not visiting this particular forum in WW very often, so please excuse me jumping in and asking a question straight away.

My main domain is a .com. However, it is predominantly a UK based site. Problem is that pages don't appear in serps if a 'only search pages from the UK' search is performed.

Do the likes of Google (MSN & AV) base their result on whether the domain has a .co.uk or a .com extension? Or is there a way to enable my results to appear in UK searches?

[ I guess what I'm trying to find out is if there is another way around this other than setting up a mirror .co.uk extension, which I would much prefer not to do. ]

Bonus

Dayo_UK

5:27 pm on Nov 13, 2003 (gmt 0)



If you are not hosted in the UK you may struggle to get a listing on a solely UK search.

eg.

co.uk will probably be listed in a UK only search.

.com hosted in the UK will probably get listed on a UK search.

.com hosted outside the UK will probably not get listed in UK search.

DaveN

5:28 pm on Nov 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Hey Bonusjump, don't worry about asking a questions straight away.

first question is the site hosted in the UK, there are many factors that make up geotargetting for the UK searches engines,

A good starting point is this thread :

[webmasterworld.com...]

DaveN