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top 4 site on google.ie but missing on google.co.uk

by mrfinnj
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hi guys, ive been playing around with building backlinks for my site

http://www.irishcountry.ie

and ive seen my site rise to the top 4 on the first page on google.ie (irelands google)

however im nowhere to be found on google.co.uk (UK google)

any hints or tips on how to improve my ranking on google.co.uk?

im a newbie here and im really finding all the info helpful!
#googlecouk #googleie #missing #site #top
  • Profile picture of the author asiancasanova
    What are the SEO steps that you have worked with?
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  • Profile picture of the author mrfinnj
    hey there.

    well i have the site verified and submitted to google, i have a sitemap map up

    and i have back link genie creating backlinks for the site, ive an active facebook page where im always putting links up

    any more ideas as to what i can do?
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  • Profile picture of the author BarryOnline
    Your site TLD is .ie so Google assumes that your site is more relevant to Google.ie searchers, and so ranks your site high in Google.ie but not Google.co.uk.

    I *think* there's a way to set geographic targeting in Google web master tools - worth a look
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    • Profile picture of the author SeoDemon
      Originally Posted by BarryOnline View Post

      Your site TLD is .ie so Google assumes that your site is more relevant to Google.ie searchers, and so ranks your site high in Google.ie but not Google.co.uk.

      I *think* there's a way to set geographic targeting in Google web master tools - worth a look
      this is brilliant, yes Google makes this with such domains, you got it right Barry
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  • Profile picture of the author mrfinnj
    hi barry, i think you got it there, i went into the webmaster tools and found it was set to ireland. i can seem to change it there, but i can with the other .com sites i have

    do you think i would be better off registering a .com address say www.irishcountryonline.com and sending it to my irishcountry.ie nameservers to gain international ranking or would this upset google?

    john
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  • Profile picture of the author BarryOnline
    I'm not too familiar with the geographic targeting in Google WMT's but I don't think that you're able to target multiple countries. So if Ireland is your target market then I would leave things set as they are.

    Do you mean that you're thinking about doing a 301 redirect with a new domain?

    If I were you I would set up a blog on a .co.uk domain around the topic of your site, rank the blog in Google.co.uk and use that to drive traffic to your main irishCountry.ie site.
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  • Profile picture of the author easternodyssey
    Probably because your site is focusing on Ireland it maybe a little hard. Check what your UK Alexa ranking is and maybe add the UK or England into your keywords.
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  • Profile picture of the author mrfinnj
    thanks for the tips guys, easternodyssey when you mention adding UK or england to my keywords do you mean i should add them to the meta description which comes up underneath the site name in google?
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  • Profile picture of the author TomBuck
    Loads of people are having this problem at the moment, including me except google.com instead of .ie I have done all the known options like webmasters, I think hosting from a GB server helps too. And maybe getting more links from .co.uk sites....
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