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Old 05-07-2008, 04:30 AM
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Default Re: Strange Results in Google

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Originally Posted by galide View Post
Local results are based on IP or domain names: if your site is hosted in the UK, or has a .co.uk domain name, it will be displayed in google.co.uk search results (this is what's happening here, your .co.uk site is showing up, not your .com)
True, but .coms (and, to a certain extent, US IP-hosted sites) are able to boost their local rankings by obtaining backlinks from sites that are within the UK bracket (through IP, TLD and backlinks).
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