.com .org .net .info etc Harvey.
Dan Khan wrote: > Interesting! > > When you say generic domains, do you mean just .com or others? > > Cheers, > -Dan > > 2009/12/8 Harvey Kane <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > It used to be the case that a country-specific domain (eg .com.au) > will > always be treated as an Australian site no matter where it's > hosted. You > can't even override this using webmaster tools. > > For generic domains, the hosting country determined the regional > preference if you hadn''t specifically set it in webmaster tools. > > This was correct a year or so ago, and should still hold true - > but you > never know. > > Harvey. > > > > > Dan Khan wrote: > > I always use google webmaster tools to set my site's location so > this > > should capture non-geographic server locations. > > Think MSN lets you do this using their tools too. > > > > Cheers, > > -Dan > > > > > > 2009/12/8 Bruce Clement <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > Not anything definitive, but I host off-shore and my .co.nz > <http://co.nz> > > <http://co.nz> domains show up in searches as New Zealand sites > > while my .co.uk <http://co.uk> <http://co.uk> domains show > up as British. > > > > As I understand it, .coms won't do the same, which is yet > another > > reason to always have the domain name for your target market. > > > > 2009/12/8 chris burgess <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > What's the current word on SEO and geographic location of > > servers? Is a .com.au site which is physically hosted in > NZ or > > USA likely to suffer any form of penalty in search engine > > listings for Australian users? > > > > > > > > -- > > Bruce Clement > > > > -- > > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > > To post, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > To unsubscribe, send email to > > [email protected] > <mailto:nzphpug%[email protected]> > > <mailto:nzphpug%[email protected] > <mailto:nzphpug%[email protected]>> > > > > > > -- > > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > > To post, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe, send email to > > [email protected] > <mailto:nzphpug%[email protected]> > > > -- > Harvey Kane > > Phone. +649 950 4133 > Mobile. +6421 811 951 > Email. [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:nzphpug%[email protected]> > > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] -- Harvey Kane New Zealand: -Office: +64 9 950 4133 -Mobile: +6421 811 951 Email: [email protected] If you need to contact me urgently, please read my email policy www.ragepank.com/email/ -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
