Adding 'UK' to SERPs

[Iain_Henderson]

Hi, apologies if this has been asked before or is in the freshbananas.co.uk course but I've had a search and no further forward.

If I search Google for 'my product' I can find my page (..eventually!) and if I search their shopping results I can find 'my product' on the first couple of pages.

However, when I search for 'my product UK' I can't find it on either - and with Google suggesting the UK be added to the search query how do add the 'UK' into my SEO efforts?

Many thanks, Iain

 

[Shahid Awan]

You need to add UK in your " Title of the Page "
for example
" Your Product UK "

 

[Ian J]

Do you think that many people will search for "your product UK" though as it's not something I ever add to a search query when looking for something.

As a matter of interest Google seems to think that you specialise in "Fascinators and hatinators" which are two words that I have never heard of.

Is this what you think people will search for or are they more likely to use a more common term as I can't be the only one who has never heard of these words - or can I

 

[fisicx]

You need to add UK in your " Title of the Page "
for example
" Your Product UK "

No - don't do this

Go to your Google webmaster account and set the location to the UK

Or better still, change the domain to arranview.co.uk. And there are loads of things need fixing on the site - all of which would improve your UK ranking

 

[Shahid Awan]

No - don't do this

Go to your Google webmaster account and set the location to the UK

Or better still, change the domain to arranview.co.uk. And there are loads of things need fixing on the site - all of which would improve your UK ranking

Yes you are right the first thing he needs to do is to change his domain name to .co.uk and Google webmaster automatically then sets your location according to the domain extension.

 

[Shahid Awan]

Do you think that many people will search for "your product UK" though as it's not something I ever add to a search query when looking for something.

As a matter of interest Google seems to think that you specialise in "Fascinators and hatinators" which are two words that I have never heard of.

Is this what you think people will search for or are they more likely to use a more common term as I can't be the only one who has never heard of these words - or can I

Actually I misunderstood his question and I thought maybe there is some keyword in which UK is included so putting UK in title will definitely help as I have done SEO in few keywords where people are searching for "Product UK" so I optimized the page title and obviously the domain name is .co.uk and it worked , now the website is on the top of Google with that search term !!

 

[Tin]

Iain, there's two useful things you can do to help matters...

1: Set your location to the UK in your Webmaster Tools account if it's not already set and...
2: Send me a PM to arrange a free chat. You've not got any seo anywhere on your website so I think you need some help.

Ray

 

[Alan]

BTW I do often put UK in my search queries, when I find the serps for my specific query dominated by US sites.

Also fasinator is a very specific thing and common and I would assume if a lady was going to Ascot or a wedding that is exactly what they would search for @Ian J - just because you don't wear one - and not surprisingly the top department stores dominate the serps for the term.

 

[Iain_Henderson]

Many thanks for your replies - all much appreciated!

 

[Ian J]

Also fasinator is a very specific thing and common and I would assume if a lady was going to Ascot or a wedding that is exactly what they would search for @Ian J - just because you don't wear one

I don't wear a bra either but at least I know what one is

 

[AllUpHere]

@Ian J you must be very skilled at getting out of stuff you don't want to do. If you'd ever been to any kind of formal occasion with a lady you would be very familiar with the terms.

 

[webgeek]

I always thought having your contact details at the bottom of the page, with the UK / United Kingdom bit, using structured markup, helped Google in geolocating the site.

There's prolly 100 other techniques, like image metadata (exif) and so on.

 

[Ian J]

If you'd ever been to any kind of formal occasion with a lady you would be very familiar with the terms.

Wifey and I used to go to all the London and Home Counties summer occasions ( I even had a client who had a box at Ascot ) plus various charity balls but I've still never heard of the word

 

[webgeek]

You've obviously not spent enough time in dress shops and the ladies formal wear section at the mall stores