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Google US vs Google UK
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I could have posted this somewhere else, but I cannot find it. So, I have keywords that rank well in Google US and many that do well in Google UK too. I thought all of my keywords ranking well in the US would also rank well the UK. I have figured out today that it is not the case. Why would I rank in the top 3 in the US and not even show up in the top 50 in the UK? It is very strange. Thanks for your help! I am not super new to SEO or web business. I have had a very good company that has been ranking well since 2004.
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Yes that would certainly help.
you could also duplcate the sites, one on a .com and the other on a .co.uk, you will not have to worriy about duplicate content when on different TLDS.
See matt cutts video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ets7nHOV1Yochange curency and date formats to match
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Hello and thanks for your message. This could be the case. I have read elsewhere of websites who moved servers to other countries and it did not affect their rankings for where they wished to place. So, I am not certain that this is 100% the case, but could be a part of it. Do I need links from Co.UK sites? Might that help? Or, should I have a dedicated En-GB (English Great Britain) dedicated page? That seems redundant, but mentioned a bit here: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=189077
Thanks for your help guys : )
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You probably have a US ip number, you generaly rank for the location of your web site.
you can have a look at this google post on the subject may help
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-markup-for-multilingual-content.html
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