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3 totally different serps, 1 keyword - CONFUSED!

by Zinc Web Design
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Search One - Go to google.com in browser auto redirects to .co.uk (search the web radio button enabled) I then do the search.

Search Two - Market Samurai top ten results overview.

Search Three - Inbuilt Google search on safari browser.


I am getting three totally different serps for the same keyword? I am based in the UK, my future sites will be placed on a US webhosting company.

Which one should I be reviewing for my keyword research?

-Ben :confused:
#confused #keyword #serps #totally
  • Profile picture of the author geekology
    SERPS are different for local and .com search engine. Since you are based out of UK your toolbar must be having settings that redirect to .co.uk and hence you see those SERPS.

    I can't comment upon Market Samurai.

    Search three: .com may show different results on two different browsers depending upon your browsing history. So if you have been using safari regularly and visit your site by searching and clicking in Google then your browsing history will always pull your site to the top in YOUR browser.

    Hope it helps
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    • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
      I always take my results in Opera to be the most accurate - by default it gives you the .com results
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  • Profile picture of the author The Copy Nazi
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    • Profile picture of the author Zinc Web Design
      thanks but still waiting for a definitive answer
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  • Profile picture of the author hhunt
    This is something that is very common with Google search. Most of us use the search facilities built into our browser, so Google normally append other values to the search url (don't ask me, I have no idea why). And it normally returns different results.

    But your potential target users will most likely use Google main site to run a search based on your keyword. So focus on that and you'll be fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author sarah_may
    Well, it is often with search engine because of different data centers. You can try Datacentre Tool to check ranking in all datacentres at-
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  • Profile picture of the author Martin Pupke
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    Originally Posted by pupkevicius@aol.com
    hi i bought your wso hope you can give me some help:

    i also live in the uk and when doing KW research i know it makes more sense to use google.com as opposed to .co.uk as i want to see what the americans will see, however when doing a search for "cheap exercise bike" in google.com there are so many .co.uk sites coming up.

    So am i still getting uk results even if i use google.com

    how can i turn off uk targeting completely? what do you use?
    Hi P,

    Glad to help.

    Google.com in the UK does not show Google USA results.

    I use 2 tools and cross check them:

    GoogleGlobal for Firefox (plugin - right click on your Google search results page and select USA to see results).

    Google Ad Preview Tool (select Google.com AND USA).

    These sometimes differ but will give you a good idea.
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  • Profile picture of the author InternetMarketingIQ
    Base your keyword research on the search engine and geo demographic your users will use.
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