Using Keyword Tracker a new site of mine within a week already ranks #1 for Yahoo. When searching in Yahoo here in Arizona, it is the first listing. My brothers - both very computer experienced - and a friend tried the search in NC, MN and KA and the site didn't show in their Yahoo searches. What do I not know?
Happened again today. Keyword tracker says the following sites are ranked #1 for the following searches. If anyone has a few seconds and wants to help me verify: " living trust minnesota " -- livingtrustminnesota.com " living trust san diego " -- livingtrustsandiego.com " living trust new jersey " -- livingtrustnewjersey.com Thanks
Welcome to the days of search engine geotargeting. Both Yahoo and Google vary their results based on location. It is now extremely difficult to properly monitor your rankings. Those sites all show up #2 on Yahoo from Vancouver Canada.
i was very happy to see my site at no1 on yahoo, and thought it was global. However it was only on yahoo UK. searches from other countries varied with the same keyword. It seems the domain extension may prioritise the search by geography
Thanks Van. Vancouver rocks! After posting, a friend starting explaining the servers and how the rankings apparently propogate from the west coast CA servers to the east coast. it'll be cool seeing how long it takes. I didn't expect the rankings this quick anyways. The sites just went up last week and I haven't done anything except link 'em together and to a couple established sites of mine. Freehost - are you global? I'm just trying to stay stateside and apparently Canada side!