Strange Ranking Results
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Hi
Any ideas why doing a search for 'Family Portrait Photographer' from my location on the Isle Of Wight (after deleting cache/history) etc results in a load of results relating to Cardiff Wales (local serps and main listings)?
I am close to cities like Southjampton & Portsmouth as well as few other all much neaer than cardiff !
All Best
Dan -
ok great thanks will do
ps - dont spose any chance of getting this one answered is there:
https://moz.com/community/q/problem-toggling-between-ga-profiles-since-new-update
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That does sound odd, Dan. I'd give this one 48 hours to see if it auto-resolves. I had something like this happen once and it auto-resolved. Let us know how it goes.
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