Can't find my site on keyword searches in google co.uk can in .com

why not found in google.co.uk

[whatnotbot]

I _have_ been doing a bit of seo on my site, been going well so far, but I'm now not listed when you search for my nam and other keywords in pages from the uk in google.co.uk, but I'm found fine in google.com
Link: example.com gets 383 listings in google.co.uk the web search, and 4 in pages from the uk, none of which is my actual site. Have I been penalised? Anyone seen this behaviour?

Cheers.

whatnot

[edited by: IanTurner at 4:11 pm (utc) on Jan. 17, 2005]
[edit reason] changed example to example.com [/edit]

[IanTurner]

One of the likely reasons is that you have a .com domain hosted outside of the UK - these don't show in the UK only results on google.co.uk

[whatnotbot]

I have a .net, but it was showing well until 8th Jan? Dropped out completely now. I checked the DNS and resolves to Holland now, not sure if this has changed recently

[whatnotbot]

yes, it has changed recently as I just changes to different host - duh. This is why I've dissapeared, (but the sell themselves as a UK host) Damn damn thanks for the help

[whatnotbot]

But, my domain IS hosted in the UK, but a lot of the tools I've used show it as being in Amsterdam - my host has emailed a dns entry for me. What does google use to determine hosting - its a RIPE address, but with a UK hosted block..

[IanTurner]

My advice is if you show up in the results for google.co.uk for a search term - then Google thinks the hosting is in the UK, if you don't then Google thinks you are not in the UK. In which case moving hosts is a good plan.

From what you have said it looks like Google has you hosting in the Netherlands.

Another test you could use is try a search for you keyterms in Google.nl with search sites in the Netherlands. If they show up Google has you pegged as hosting in the Netherlands.

[whatnotbot]

got this from google

Thank you for your reply. If your site is currently hosted in the UK and
you feel that Google is incorrectly detecting its location, please visit
[services.google.com...] to report the error. In the
'Comments' section of the form, please include your IP address and your
site's physical location.