Dropped From Uk Search Since Hosting Moved

[1dmf]

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?

[SteveGerencser]

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

Also add some uk specific addressing on the pages..

[1dmf]

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!

[SteveGerencser]

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..

[1dmf]

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?

[SteveGerencser]

Good luck..

[1dmf]

with what?

You didn't answer the questions?

[crankydave]

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

[1dmf]

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.

[crankydave]

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