Submit Your Article Forum Rules

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 24

Thread: Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

  1. #1
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Posts
    56

    Question Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

    I moved my site to the missus hosting , which happens to be USA located servers.

    Now when I do a search and put 'UK Only'; my pages are excluded.

    I live in the UK , though it's not a UK aimed website and my TLD is .org

    I enjoyed better 'UK Only' rankings vs 'All Web'.

    How do I get the SE's to see me as UK based again while keeping USA hosting and a TLD of .org?

    GWMT geo-location has been set and seems to work, but what about all the other SE's?

  2. #2
    Moderator SteveGerencser's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Small town Tennessee
    Posts
    2,127

    Re: Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

    Google webmaster tools.. Set your region there.. It takes time..

    Also add some uk specific addressing on the pages..
    Dad always said, if you are good at something, make sure they pay you for it.
    Coming soon : SEO Pros Live Hangout on Air
    Internet Marketing | Animal Charms Animal Jewelry

  3. #3
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Posts
    56

    Re: Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

    Google webmaster tools.. Set your region there.. It takes time..
    incase you missed it
    GWMT geo-location has been set and seems to work, but what about all the other SE's?
    Also add some uk specific addressing on the pages
    What do you mean by this? Put my UK home address on the web pages?

    No chance!

  4. #4
    Moderator SteveGerencser's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Small town Tennessee
    Posts
    2,127

    Re: Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

    in case you missed it

    It takes time..
    Put my UK home address on the web pages?
    And no, but it doesn't hurt to tell everyone that you are in the UK and mention towns, cities, the UK, itself on your website to help Google figure it out..
    Dad always said, if you are good at something, make sure they pay you for it.
    Coming soon : SEO Pros Live Hangout on Air
    Internet Marketing | Animal Charms Animal Jewelry

  5. #5
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Posts
    56

    Re: Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

    It takes time...
    incase you missed it...
    GWMT geo-location has been set and seems to work, but what about all the other SE's?
    Or are you saying GWMT affects the other SE's?

    And no, but it doesn't hurt to tell everyone that you are in the UK and mention towns, cities, the UK, itself on your website to help Google figure it out..
    So your suggesting I spam my pages with names of towns that have nothing to do with the website or its content and has no value to my visitor?

    Irelivent content on a page which is purely there for SE's and not for visitors IMO is also spammy or at least 'black hat', if you're not doing it for your visitor then it's wrong , or that's what i was taught, is this not the case?

  6. #6
    Moderator SteveGerencser's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Small town Tennessee
    Posts
    2,127

    Re: Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

    Good luck..
    Dad always said, if you are good at something, make sure they pay you for it.
    Coming soon : SEO Pros Live Hangout on Air
    Internet Marketing | Animal Charms Animal Jewelry

  7. #7
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Posts
    56

    Re: Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

    with what?

    You didn't answer the questions?

  8. #8
    WebProWorld MVP crankydave's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2004
    Posts
    4,732

    Re: Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

    Quote Originally Posted by 1dmf View Post
    with what?

    You didn't answer the questions?
    ummmmm... Yes he did. He pointed out some things to help you let the search engines know that your site is relevant for the UK. That is provided your site is supposed to be relevant for the UK. Your site is either specifically relevant to the UK or it's not. Simply "living there" doesn't make it relevant.

    You dismissed those suggestions hence... good luck.

    Dave

  9. #9
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Posts
    56

    Re: Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

    You dismissed those suggestions hence
    No I didin't, how many times do I have to say "I've already done that!"

    GWMT geo-location has been set and seems to work, but what about all the other SE's?
    And the question regarding putting irrelivent content on the page for the sake of the SE's was not answered.

    Any people who can actually read, fancy giving me a heads up?

    I take you're point being in the UK doesn't mean you automatically target the UK, but it does mean if people put 'UK Only' they only want people who are in the UK or service the UK.

  10. #10
    WebProWorld MVP crankydave's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2004
    Posts
    4,732

    Re: Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

    Quote Originally Posted by 1dmf View Post
    And the question regarding putting irrelivent content on the page for the sake of the SE's was not answered.
    If putting UK relevant information on your site is irrelevant then you do not deserve to rank in the UK.


    Good luck.

    Dave

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. Site dropped for one key search term
    By kanjigirl in forum Google Discussion Forum
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 08-14-2006, 11:43 AM
  2. Dropped from Yahoo! Search. Re-submit?
    By pdrew in forum Yahoo! Discussion Forum
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 10-19-2005, 02:10 PM
  3. Changed theme a search engines dropped me
    By Furlongs in forum Search Engine Optimization Forum
    Replies: 15
    Last Post: 07-10-2004, 11:20 AM
  4. Page dropped on organic search since AdWords?
    By radu in forum Google AdWords/Google AdSense
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 06-08-2004, 04:23 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •