Google showing different pages for same search term in uk and usa
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Hi Guys,
I have an interesting question and think Google is being a bit strange..
Can anyone tell me why when I input the term design agency in Google.co.uk it shows one page, but when i tyupe in the same search term in Google.com (worldwide search) it shows another page..
Any ideas guys?
Is this not bit strange??
Any help here be much appreciated..
Thanks
Gareth
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Thanks Robert,
The domain is a uk on and is hosted in the UK..
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Yes. In UK all users are automatically redirected to google.co.uk.
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The results are different for each country, that makes them more relevant. Say i'm based in Birmingham UK, and looking for a design agency or a restaurant. Local results will be more relevant to me.
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Gareth,
Search engines show different results for different geographical areas(countries) and for different languages. When a site is a .com it is a generic site and the algorithm looks at where it is hosted (US, UK, Aus, etc). It looks at what language has been set in Google WMT as well. EN-US, EN-UK, etc. From this it determines what is most appropriate to show in search.
If a site has a country code TLD - Example.com.UK, it is more likely to show up in the .UK of Google than a .com is unless the .com is hosted in the UK and chosen EN-UK as the language.By doing this the engines display the results that are most appropriate to a given country.
Best
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