(Ireland & USA) Speilling 'Z' v's 'S'

[GlenBOB]

Hi,

My site is called ExampleVirtualisation.ie it's only new but when I type Example Virtualistion (the S in the word) into Google.ie The suggestive spelling for Example virtualiztion (with the Z) keeps coming up.

When I click the Suggestion Spelling with Example Virtualiztion (Z) another website arrives in position 1. My site is not being reconised for the Z type spelling.

How can I get found? I was thinking of purchasing the ExampleVirtualiztion.ie (Z) as well & redirecting to my S spelling site. Also optimising my title & des tags with both S & Z spellings.

I've only recently submitted my sitemap.xml in Google -hopefully this will help my site to be found.

Apologies if the Questions sounds a bit tricky, Your advise is welcome thank you.

[GlenBOB]

Hi Guys, thanks for the information. some valid points there, cheers.

[EGOL]

I was thinking of purchasing the ExampleVirtualiztion.ie

Dude, what are you waiting on????   It will be gone by sundown!

This thread is already in the SERPs.

[mosaicpro]

In Ireland you should focus what Irish people search == With S  ==

The reason a site with z appears in Ireland might be that there is no real competition on that keyword in Ireland.

So keep doing your SEO on the S site and you should be fine for Ireland... and remember if the target is Ireland target the keywords that Irish people look for.

Hope it helps.

[RyanKent]

I will preface my reply with sharing that I do not have any direct experience with your issue so if someone else has other input it would be helpful.

Google is trying to help users by offering the most common spellings of words. It is based on popularity in the search engine you are using.

If you use Google.com, the results will be different then using google.ie. For example, go to google.co.uk and type in the search term "cent". You will find the first suggested result is "centre" which is a british way of spelling "center". In Google.com, "centre" is not going to ever be suggested. You would need to type in exactly "centre" to see those results.

Bottom line, you want to spell your site name and terms using the language of your target audience. If you intend to split your focus between Ireland and the US, you should focus both spelling variations. If you have the resources, you can make separate pages for Ireland and US the same way you would for English and Spanish.