Hi I know Google gives search results based on the location from where the search is performed (different locations use different data centers), so I'm curious what is the first result for 'free directory' (without the quotes) for you and the country from which you did the searched. The reason is that from where I'm searching the result is one of my directories that I optimized for the keyphrase but that wouldn't be of much use if it's only for my searches... Thanks, Paul
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS224US224&q=free+directory is number one
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS224US224&q=free+directory - UK http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS224US224&q=free+directory - US http://www.google.co.in/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS224US224&q=free+directory - India http://www.google.ca/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS224US224&q=free+directory - Canada http://www.google.cn/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS224US224&q=free+directory - China http://www.google.ru/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS224US224&q=free+directory - Russia
wow.. prolink directory seems to have a major part of the market under their belt. 3 of the 5 searches had it on no.1 position. I wish I could make something like that.
@mhamdi: the mcdar tool is nice but doesn't show the country associated with the results, and all the results are actually the same for this query @jminscoe: thanks for the info @bobby: thanks, those are helpful (and show different results) but I have a question: doesn't google give results also based on the user's IP address even if I target a regional google mirror? @sachin: as far as I know, google dance is abour PR, I'm interested in SERPs Paul
This should help you: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph...80".PGNR.&OS=DN/20050240580&RS=DN/20050240580 It is about Google's patent on targeted search.