How can I Get SE results as if browsing from a differetn location?
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Hi,
I would like to know if anyone has an easy way off allowing me to browse a SE and get results based on as if I was browsing from a different location.
EG I am based in the UK and therefore google customises my result as such. However I am working for a client targetting the US, so I need to get SE results as if I was browsing from there.
Thanks
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The Seomoz search bar does a great job. Take a look at the SERP control panel and use a custom search profile. More information on that here: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/google-personalized-search
Altenatively add this query string to the end of google.co.uk
/search?q=widgets&pws=0&gl=us
This is using google.co.uk to search for widgets in the United States.
q= any keyword (multiple keywords need to be seperated with a +) i.e q=blue+widgets
gl= location you want to search - gl=us would be correct in your case.
There are many other ways but I find these the most useful.
I hope they help.
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Hi there
A few ways to change the location of your search to provide different location based results include:
1) Advanced Search - can change the region of the search
2) From a search results page (Google) you'll see a 'Change location' option over on the left, this can be more specific than region level.
3) You could add the location into your search query, e.g. pizza seattle
All those will provide different results to that of your default location. You could also get somebody in the desired location (if you know anybody there) to search for you with a non-personalized search.
Hope that helps,
Regards
Simon
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