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  • nutjobshell
    nutjobshell last edited by Apr 24, 2013, 12:25 PM

    Hi there, I have a site www.nut-job.com and I am currently getting more traffic from the USA than uk.  Is there anyway of not getting listed in the USA and telling google that the site is a UK site?

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    • nutjobshell
      nutjobshell @tfbpa last edited by Apr 24, 2013, 3:17 PM Apr 24, 2013, 3:17 PM

      Hey,

      Yeah my webmaster is already set to focus on UK visitors 🙂

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      • tfbpa
        tfbpa Subscriber last edited by Apr 24, 2013, 3:10 PM Apr 24, 2013, 3:09 PM

        <quote>Do you have Google Adwords? You can change the settings in there to just focus on UK searchers and not US</quote>

        I think what is meant Google Webmaster Tools, see https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en

        There you can change the setting "Geographic target". Should be located at https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/settings?hl=en&siteUrl=http://www.nut-job.com/

        If you don't have an account, I would suggest to create one.

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        • nutjobshell
          nutjobshell @mblsolutions last edited by Apr 24, 2013, 1:00 PM Apr 24, 2013, 1:00 PM

          Hi Oliver,

          Thanks for all those tips, I think I am going to implement them now. I am re-starting my link building strategy so will try and and get some more .co.uk links.

          Unfortunately I don't own the .co.uk or that would have been a great shout!

          Thanks for your help!

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          • mblsolutions
            mblsolutions last edited by Apr 24, 2013, 12:46 PM Apr 24, 2013, 12:46 PM

            Hi Michelle

            Try;

            • adding Google Places to your website
            • In your website I would add in to your contact page UK in the address as Google uses the address details within a website to identify where the business is based
            • changing the language in the source code from US to either English UK or just English.
            • It would also be worth looking at getting a broader range of UK based links as when I did a quick link check many of them seemed to be .com.
            • Can you get hold of the URL www.nut-job.co.uk and redirect traffic from that to your .com site?
            • Do you have Google Adwords? You can change the settings in there to just focus on UK searchers and not US

            Hope that helps

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            • nutjobshell
              nutjobshell last edited by Apr 24, 2013, 12:38 PM Apr 24, 2013, 12:38 PM

              Hey Cody, My server is now in the UK as of about 4 weeks ago. Originally it was in the USA.  Do you think now i have changed I will get most UK traffic and not as much US?

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              • WhoWuddaThunk
                WhoWuddaThunk last edited by Apr 24, 2013, 12:27 PM Apr 24, 2013, 12:27 PM

                Where's your server located?

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