Google's Strange Games

IdrisSG · 11-24-2011, 12:10 PM

A few days ago I launched a backlinking campaign for a piece of content I created and I'm on page 1 of Google.com right now for the keyword I targetted.

However the strange thing is that for my country specific keyword... I'm on PAGE 2...For the same piece of content.

Shouldn't I be ranked better for my country specific Google search (Google.com.sg) result compared to USA?

Especially since the keyword has my country name in it.

Anyone has insights into this?

clickbump · 11-24-2011, 12:27 PM

Hi Idris, can you confirm that you are logged out of Google/Gmail, etc when you do the search? Just to confirm you are not seeing personalized results for either search. That could skew the results.

Melissa82 · 11-24-2011, 12:27 PM

I experienced that trend also. Mine was a .ca domain though that ranked better on Google .com than it did on Google .ca. After about 3-4 months both were and still are balanced. I haven't ranked #1 yet but the exact same competition is still above me when I search on both Googles.

My reasoning for this, and I will add this is just a guess, is that it takes longer for Google to trust a new site for, in my case, a Google .ca search.

BarryOnline · 11-24-2011, 12:32 PM

Is your site hosted on a US based server?

jacksite · 11-24-2011, 08:33 PM

Yeah, it's a little strange.

Niel Rose · 11-24-2011, 11:46 PM

Depends on where you are hosted and where you are linking from. If most of your backlinks are local and you are hosted locally then you should rank high. Other sites might beat you in that department.

IdrisSG · 11-25-2011, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Hi Idris, can you confirm that you are logged out of Google/Gmail, etc when you do the search? Just to confirm you are not seeing personalized results for either search. That could skew the results.

Hello! : )

Yes I'm logged out of Google/Gmail. And I don't click on the piece of content which is a YT video

Quote:

My reasoning for this, and I will add this is just a guess, is that it takes longer for Google to trust a new site for, in my case, a Google .ca search.

This is occuring to a YTube video. Which makes it super strange.

It could be that I rank better in Google.com because Youtueb is more popular on Google.com ??

No idea what's going on at all.

A little bit more information: The sites that are ranked on page 1 of Google.com and .com.sg are the same, its only that on ".com" I'm #5 and on ".com.sg" I'm #10...

The keyword is the most popular keyword, the most searched keyword. I'm sure I'm not getting any personalized results because I've not clicked on the link via google.

webdevpro · 11-25-2011, 12:51 PM

It not just depends upon the SE domain extension (say .com or .ca. or else) but also the geographical location from where you actually perform search. If you try (or your friend) from some other location, the results may be different.

11-24-2011, 12:27 PM	#2
clickbump Scott Blanchard War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 757 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 124 Thanked 226 Times in 108 Posts Social Networking	Re: Google's Strange Games Hi Idris, can you confirm that you are logged out of Google/Gmail, etc when you do the search? Just to confirm you are not seeing personalized results for either search. That could skew the results.
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Melissa82 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 288 Thanks: 55 Thanked 52 Times in 42 Posts	Re: Google's Strange Games I experienced that trend also. Mine was a .ca domain though that ranked better on Google .com than it did on Google .ca. After about 3-4 months both were and still are balanced. I haven't ranked #1 yet but the exact same competition is still above me when I search on both Googles. My reasoning for this, and I will add this is just a guess, is that it takes longer for Google to trust a new site for, in my case, a Google .ca search.
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BarryOnline Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Glasgow - Scotland Posts: 531 Thanks: 115 Thanked 127 Times in 81 Posts Contact Info	Re: Google's Strange Games Is your site hosted on a US based server?

11-24-2011, 11:46 PM	#6
Niel Rose Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: On the edge! Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Contact Info	Re: Google's Strange Games Depends on where you are hosted and where you are linking from. If most of your backlinks are local and you are hosted locally then you should rank high. Other sites might beat you in that department.

11-25-2011, 12:51 PM	#8
webdevpro HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 294 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Google's Strange Games It not just depends upon the SE domain extension (say .com or .ca. or else) but also the geographical location from where you actually perform search. If you try (or your friend) from some other location, the results may be different.
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11-24-2011, 12:10 PM	#1
IdrisSG Everything Marketing Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Singapore Posts: 63 Thanks: 10 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	Google's Strange Games A few days ago I launched a backlinking campaign for a piece of content I created and I'm on page 1 of Google.com right now for the keyword I targetted. However the strange thing is that for my country specific keyword... I'm on PAGE 2...For the same piece of content. Shouldn't I be ranked better for my country specific Google search (Google.com.sg) result compared to USA? Especially since the keyword has my country name in it. Anyone has insights into this?

11-24-2011, 08:33 PM	#5
jacksite Active Warrior Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 73 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Google's Strange Games Yeah, it's a little strange.