Hi, I seriously need help to optimize my website www.ipl2010.org for India location. If a search for the keyword IPL 2010 is performed in US the site ranks on top position but if the search is done in India it ranks on 6 position for google.com and 10 for google.co.in. Since my target audience is India, I need help to optimize it for India location. I have submitted the site on Indian web directories, there are backlinks and I am regularly updating the content. Apart from that is there anything that I can do to get it on top position for the keyword "IPL 2010". Infact in locations like Pakistan, UK and Canada also it ranks higher than it does in India.
ORG is an imnternational domain if you want to get top in Indian rankings its very simple buy a domain co.in or buy this domain and set to 301 redirect to your original domain i can guarantee you will rank much more highe with a co.in domain in India rather than a .org domain
Also you should try to move it to an hosting provider in india. Currently the ip is US based and search engines take that into account
A few things that will definitely help you out. - Include a local Indian phone number and address - Register with google local business listings - Switch to Indian hosting (I like Indianets) - Get links FROM local sites in the area. That should help you out if you already rank in the US listings.
IMHO, I would suggest you to consider these things., # try to add more backlinks from co.in sites (as your target audience is India) # Promote your website in Indian SB sites, Forum sites # I just visited you website and found that no pictures are there. Its better to have some pictures to keep your website as a attractive one to the visitors
Thanks a lot guys...some advice were really useful. Managed to get rank 2 on google.co.in and rank 1 on google.com for india location. Cheers