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Organic Search and &GL=US tag

by Hanuka
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I noticed a while ago that when I type in the Google's "after search" URL the
&GL=US tag it gives me a totally different organic rankings!

Why's that? Ain't the organic search suppoused to be "international"??

p.s. for those who don't know: If you live out of the United States and wish
to see what search results the folks at the US see, you type &GL=US at the
end of the searches' URL and there you have it.
#andglus #organic #search #tag
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    Anyone?
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    Bump! xP
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  • Profile picture of the author KirkMcD
    Originally Posted by Hanuka View Post

    Ain't the organic search suppoused to be "international"?
    No, it's regionalized. Even in different states in the US, you'll get different results. Heck, I get different results even in the same state.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hanuka
    whaa? but what does organic search has to do with regions? I mean.. wut's the figgin
    use of it? or more importantly.. how and who calls the shots which state gets which
    ranking order?..
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    Its all localized now!! down to Zip if used
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  • Profile picture of the author Hanuka
    but how that has any practical use?? Adwords I understand why it needs a localization
    mechanism.. but organic search?! really??!

    I mean.. what's the difference between a dude who searches for "Gingis Khan" in
    LA from a dude who searches for the same keyword in NY?.. let alone zip.

    Does Google really want that ALL the top Google's search results will be stores?!

    ..When I think about it.. this is useless too, cosidering that almost all online stores which
    compete for the top organic spots actually ship worldwide and act as an international store!


    It all seems really stupid to me..
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  • Profile picture of the author Hanuka
    bump.. .
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    • Profile picture of the author Hanuka
      Originally Posted by Paul M View Post

      Hanuka,

      Stop bumping your own thread, it's an inconsiderate thing to do.

      If members want to post in your thread they can decide for themselves.

      They don't need you to keep the thread at the top of the front page in order to see it.





      -paul

      stop bitching.
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      • Profile picture of the author Thomas
        Originally Posted by Hanuka View Post

        stop bitching.
        Stop asking for a bitch-slapping.
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  • Profile picture of the author RGallowitz
    Hanuka, listen dude...bumping threads multiple times in this forum is kinda BS.

    But here is your answer.
    Google localizes search results so that local domains can also come up.
    Google recognizes your IP address and delivers RELEVANT results, because Google is all about relevance.

    There is very good reason that Adwords offer you geographical placement. That is a clear indication that they deliver localized results. This protects adwords advertisers from spending money in a market that they don't want to market to.

    But for SEO it's a bit different....
    For example, if a person from the UK visits the Google.com engine and types in "Web Design Service", Google will recognize that his/her IP is from the UK and give him local organic results (IF there are any) and THEN global results. With adwords it's all up to the advertiser where he wants to advertise.
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  • Profile picture of the author madison_avenue
    Go to this site and search where you want:



    http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/tim.../usa/websites/
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