Ranking well in google.co.uk but horrible for the same keywords in google.com

ashtonuk · 01-20-2009, 10:30 AM

My site ends in .com but i am based in england. I thought that having my site set to united states in the target audience prefference in google webmaster tools would solve my problem. But the dilema still remains that for the same keywords i rank very well in google.co.uk and bad in google.com, very bad... why is this?

tomw · 01-20-2009, 10:34 AM

Competition...

It's likely that in a smaller region you have done a good job of SEO and building sufficient backlinks. However, on a much larger playing field you probably have some way to go to compete with those pesky Yanks and their fiendishly good marketing ways.

Thomas

dotslash · 01-20-2009, 10:47 AM

I agree it'll be the much greater competition mainly.

It's often pretty easy to get ranked in UK searches especially if your website is physically hosted in UK as you'll get an advantage from that even if you target a different audience in webmaster tools (in my experience anyway)

Cheers
Neil

01-20-2009, 10:30 AM	#1
ashtonuk Active Warrior Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 77 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Ranking well in google.co.uk but horrible for the same keywords in google.com My site ends in .com but i am based in england. I thought that having my site set to united states in the target audience prefference in google webmaster tools would solve my problem. But the dilema still remains that for the same keywords i rank very well in google.co.uk and bad in google.com, very bad... why is this?

01-20-2009, 10:34 AM	#2
tomw Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Right Here ----> Posts: 973 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 511 Thanked 325 Times in 162 Posts	Re: Ranking well in google.co.uk but horrible for the same keywords in google.com Competition... It's likely that in a smaller region you have done a good job of SEO and building sufficient backlinks. However, on a much larger playing field you probably have some way to go to compete with those pesky Yanks and their fiendishly good marketing ways. Thomas

01-20-2009, 10:47 AM	#3
dotslash HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wales Posts: 250 Thanks: 43 Thanked 34 Times in 34 Posts	Re: Ranking well in google.co.uk but horrible for the same keywords in google.com I agree it'll be the much greater competition mainly. It's often pretty easy to get ranked in UK searches especially if your website is physically hosted in UK as you'll get an advantage from that even if you target a different audience in webmaster tools (in my experience anyway) Cheers Neil
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