frankp
New Member
Been meaning to look into this in more depth, but haven't had a chance till now.
Basically my site websitedesigncork.com was doing well for the search term 'web design cork' - it got from being a new site nowhere to be found to position 4/5 on Google for the term.
It's dropped down a bit now due to neglect on my part.
But while it's dropped down in Google generally a few places, it's really dropped down in Google.ie.
Pretty much any other variant of Google it's still on the first/second page but in Google.ie it's fourth or fifth page.
At first I thought this might be because Google was having trouble identifying the site as being in Ireland or pertaining to Ireland, but this does not appear to be the case. An IP lookup shows the server to be in Ireland and I've set the geographic target to Ireland in Webmaster tools.
So, could this simply be because Google has decided that in Google.ie there are other more deserving local sites for the phrase 'web design cork'.
And if so, is it not odd that the site does so much better in Google.com and other variants despite competing with the same sites?
As in, I at first expected that the rankings in Google.com would follow suit, but it's been a long time now and Google.com remains unaffected.
Thanks for any feedback on this issue.
Cheers,
Frank
Basically my site websitedesigncork.com was doing well for the search term 'web design cork' - it got from being a new site nowhere to be found to position 4/5 on Google for the term.
It's dropped down a bit now due to neglect on my part.
But while it's dropped down in Google generally a few places, it's really dropped down in Google.ie.
Pretty much any other variant of Google it's still on the first/second page but in Google.ie it's fourth or fifth page.
At first I thought this might be because Google was having trouble identifying the site as being in Ireland or pertaining to Ireland, but this does not appear to be the case. An IP lookup shows the server to be in Ireland and I've set the geographic target to Ireland in Webmaster tools.
So, could this simply be because Google has decided that in Google.ie there are other more deserving local sites for the phrase 'web design cork'.
And if so, is it not odd that the site does so much better in Google.com and other variants despite competing with the same sites?
As in, I at first expected that the rankings in Google.com would follow suit, but it's been a long time now and Google.com remains unaffected.
Thanks for any feedback on this issue.
Cheers,
Frank