kynduvme
Joined: Apr 18, 2001
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Posted: 2007-Oct-31 14:50
Im on page one for a HUGE keyword phrase in my industry on http://www.google.co.in but not on standard google.com. Do you think it will translate to google.com soon if ever?
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Quadrille
Joined: Nov 15, 2000
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Posted: 2007-Oct-31 16:49
The rules are very different; your site's local hosting and / or local domain name give you a positive advantage in the local search - but the dot com is wide open, so the competition is much, much tougher.
No reason why you shouldn't do as well as anyone else, in the long term - and doing well in the local search is a step in the right direction.
But success is not automatic; you have to make it happen.
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kynduvme
Joined: Apr 18, 2001
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Posted: 2007-Oct-31 18:06
thats odd considering my sites not an india specific site nor is anything about the hosting or site content even remotely related to india or india specific services.
very weird
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Quadrille
Joined: Nov 15, 2000
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Posted: 2007-Oct-31 18:40
I didn't mention content, at all - though that may count in some ways.
.in marks your site as Indian; google.co.in searchers are more likely than .com searchers to want an Indian site.
Local hosting also suggests a site more likely to be of interest to local searchers.
It isn't odd; it's what 'local' means! 
But if your focus is NOT local, then you just have to compete with the rest of us on the WWW - sadly, that's not weird, either! 
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kynduvme
Joined: Apr 18, 2001
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Posted: 2007-Oct-31 20:03
still makes no sense. bizarro
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Quadrille
Joined: Nov 15, 2000
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Posted: 2007-Nov-01 11:36
So what's your theory on why Google has individual country searches, if not to feature sites from that country?
Supplementary question: what do you think "bizarre" means?
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kynduvme
Joined: Apr 18, 2001
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Posted: 2007-Nov-02 15:33
ok i dont think you are following LOL. Important points to note
1. I do not offer services for India
2) My site is not hosted in India
3) the word India doesnt appear anywhere on any document on my entire server.
Question1: Why am I ranking so well on a local search when My site has absolutely nothing to do with India!!!??
Question2: Is there anybody else on this forum besides me quadrille and those 2 moderators? lol
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Quadrille
Joined: Nov 15, 2000
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Posted: 2007-Nov-02 16:48
Q.3 does your domain end .in? - if it does, then I already answered Question 1
If you want to compete on a world scale, you need .com
Without Indian hosting, your 'local' ranking will disappear overnight (without local content), and you'll then be competing 'mano a mano' with every other dot com.
I think you are missing the point; local search is for people who DO want local exposure for local reasons.
If you don't, well that's fine - but why complain when you probably get extra visitors out of it?
You may be the first person ever to complain about Good Ranking!
Answer to Question 2 - there's plenty of people reading this, but probably not a lot who understand complaints about Good ranking - and not a lot who have much to add to the initial response I made; it really isn't rocket science, and even I'm beginning to wonder why this thread is still alive!
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Prowler
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Joined: Aug 14, 2000
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Posted: 2007-Nov-03 07:40
There might be one more reason why your site is ranking so well in the "local" Google.co.in - You probably have a lot of incoming links from India centric sites.
BTW Quadrille - Nice expression - mano a mano
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kynduvme
Joined: Apr 18, 2001
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Posted: 2007-Nov-05 19:27
NO in bound indian site links and the site is a dot com.
Just face it, it makes no sense
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Quadrille
Joined: Nov 15, 2000
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Posted: 2007-Nov-05 20:13
I'm still unsure why you are complaining?
I'm sure there's a perectly simple explanation - trouble is, no-one outside of the Googleplex will ever know
You could always write to Google and ask them to de-list you ... or use noindex
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kynduvme
Joined: Apr 18, 2001
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Posted: 2007-Nov-12 15:12
just want rankings that get me traffic in america thats why  boo hoo right? lol back to work....
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