Inverse variation in Rankings between countries
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Hi,
Our ranking between India and USA is varying inversely like....when we improve in India...drops in USA and vice-versa.
And the possible correlation I have from my end is: We have reclaimed some links and removed same. It happens at both redirects and removal of those redirects. When we reclaimed some links, we improved in India and dropped in US. And when we removed these redirects, vice-versa.
Any idea on this? Please share.
Thanks,
Satish
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Hi Rob,
Thanks for the reply and helping hand.
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We are "crm" industry players.
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We are globally relevant. Product used globally and website has global visitors across different countries.
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We don't have any dedicated pages to any country. English language website.
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There are many internal redirects. And some sub-domains redirected as sub-folders.
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Reclaimed links sources are not from India/US. Mostly from Europe.
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Our domain is based in Germany.
If you are Okay with private messages, I can send you more details. Please let me know what you need to know more.
Thanks,
Satish
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Hi Satish,
There are so many factors that could be impacting this situation. If you can answer the following questions I might be able to provide more help:
What industry does your website focus on?
Is it something nationally/locally relevant or do you work globally? (i.e. Delhi web design vs. Web design India vs. Web design)
Do you have pages of your site dedicated to India/US?
What language are you using?
Are there any redirects? Which direction do they go?
Are the reclaimed links you mentioned from US/Indian sources?
Is the domain based in India or the US?Based on these questions it could be a number of things - what it sounds like based on what you have provided is that you are utilizing a single domain to rank in multiple countries, possibly using the same keywords in different languages for the same pages. If there are redirects present, they may not have been set up properly, or there may be disconnects or improper linking practices.
If you can give me more information I'll see if I can provide you with better insights.
Cheers,
Rob
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