.org domain does not feature on google.co.uk

Hi,

I am managing a .org domain for a UK site. It has been going for a
while and I have done some SEO work and find that, for example, it is
listed on #1 spot on google.de but google.co.uk does not list the site
on page 1, 2 or 3 which is strange. I can't figure out why this is.
Can anyone explain? Can I do something about this?

Thanks

Christoph

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:01:12 -0700 (PDT), Shawn the sheep
<christoph.lutz (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi,

I am managing a .org domain for a UK site. It has been going for a
while and I have done some SEO work and find that, for example, it is
listed on #1 spot on google.de but google.co.uk does not list the site
on page 1, 2 or 3 which is strange. I can't figure out why this is.
Can anyone explain? Can I do something about this?

Thanks

Christoph

Is it a genuine .org? Or is it a business site that couldn't get the
..com or .co.uk? Not that this is necessarily significant, I hasten to
add.

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http://www.here-be-posters.co.uk/

Shawn the sheep wrote:

Hi,

I am managing a .org domain for a UK site. It has been going for a
while and I have done some SEO work and find that, for example, it is
listed on #1 spot on google.de but google.co.uk does not list the site
on page 1, 2 or 3 which is strange. I can't figure out why this is.
Can anyone explain? Can I do something about this?

Thanks

Christoph

Is it hosted on a UK based server? If it's not then I suggest you move
it to one and then it should rank in UK searches.

Jez.

Well, it's a charity in the UK and the org.uk was taken, although as
you say, I can't see that this would make a difference?

Christoph

Is it a genuine .org? Or is it a business site that couldn't get the
.com or .co.uk? Not that this is necessarily significant, I hasten to
add.

BB
--

http://www.kruse.co.uk/http://www.fa...posters.co.uk/

Yes, it is hosted in the UK for that reason, and has got some links
from highly ranked sites to it, too. As I say, I could watch it creep
up the rankings on the google.de and .com but not on .co.uk?

Christoph

Is it hosted on a UK based server? If it's not then I suggest you move
it to one and then it should rank in UK searches.

Jez.

Shawn the sheep wrote:

Yes, it is hosted in the UK for that reason, and has got some links
from highly ranked sites to it, too. As I say, I could watch it creep
up the rankings on the google.de and .com but not on .co.uk?

Christoph

Is it hosted on a UK based server? If it's not then I suggest you move
it to one and then it should rank in UK searches.

Jez.

Are you absolutely certain that it is *actually* hosted in the UK? I
have had hosts lie about where there servers are physically located.

The other thing could be that if you have too many US or rest of world
links then google might think that it deserves to rank in other
countries than the UK. Don't know if anyone can prove / disprove that
theory?

How long has this been going on? That is another issue. If it's very
recent then you may see some changes in the UK ranking.

Jez.

Are you absolutely certain that it is *actually* hosted in the UK? I
have had hosts lie about where there servers are physically located.

The other thing could be that if you have too many US or rest of world
links then google might think that it deserves to rank in other
countries than the UK. Don't know if anyone can prove / disprove that
theory?

How long has this been going on? That is another issue. If it's very
recent then you may see some changes in the UK ranking.

Jez.

- Well, is it hosted on a UK server? Yes, as certain as I can be -
have traced it via this http://www.tracemyip.org/ and it says it's in
the Uk and the host says they are in the UK

- No links go out from the site other than to the client's main
website which is ranked highly in Google

- The domain has been around for about 6 months now, the site for
about 3. I know it's not that long but then why does it rank on .de
and .com?


Thanks again for your help

Christoph

Shawn the sheep wrote:

Are you absolutely certain that it is *actually* hosted in the UK? I
have had hosts lie about where there servers are physically located.

The other thing could be that if you have too many US or rest of world
links then google might think that it deserves to rank in other
countries than the UK. Don't know if anyone can prove / disprove that
theory?

How long has this been going on? That is another issue. If it's very
recent then you may see some changes in the UK ranking.

Jez.

- Well, is it hosted on a UK server? Yes, as certain as I can be -
have traced it via this http://www.tracemyip.org/ and it says it's in
the Uk and the host says they are in the UK

- No links go out from the site other than to the client's main
website which is ranked highly in Google

- The domain has been around for about 6 months now, the site for
about 3. I know it's not that long but then why does it rank on .de
and .com?


Thanks again for your help

Christoph

Can you give the URL and the .com SERP?

Sounds odd

Jez.

On 5 Jun, 19:40, Jez <j... (AT) virgin (DOT) net> wrote:

Shawn the sheep wrote:
Are you absolutely certain that it is *actually* hosted in the UK? I
have had hosts lie about where there servers are physically located.

The other thing could be that if you have too many US or rest of world
links then google might think that it deserves to rank in other
countries than the UK. Don't know if anyone can prove / disprove that
theory?

How long has this been going on? That is another issue. If it's very
recent then you may see some changes in the UK ranking.

Jez.

- Well, is it hosted on a UK server? Yes, as certain as I can be -
have traced it via thishttp://www.tracemyip.org/and it says it's in
the Uk and the host says they are in the UK

- No links go out from the site other than to the client's main
website which is ranked highly in Google

- The domain has been around for about 6 months now, the site for
about 3. I know it's not that long but then why does it rank on .de
and .com?

Thanks again for your help

Christoph

Can you give the URL and the .com SERP?

Sounds odd

Jez.

sure, the domain is midnightwalk.org

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=midnight+walk

vs

http://www.google.com/search?q=midnight+walk

Christoph

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 03:57:42 -0700 (PDT), Shawn the sheep
<christoph.lutz (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Well, it's a charity in the UK and the org.uk was taken, although as
you say, I can't see that this would make a difference?

Christoph


Is it a genuine .org? Or is it a business site that couldn't get the
.com or .co.uk? Not that this is necessarily significant, I hasten to
add.

BB
--

http://www.kruse.co.uk/http://www.fa...posters.co.uk/

When something weird's happening, you get all the info you can.

BB
--

http://www.kruse.co.uk/
http://www.fat-odin.com/
http://www.here-be-posters.co.uk/