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WordPress Themes - Google UK Search Result<\/p>\n

It looks like google takes into account the location of your web server\/host when ranking its search results. As most people know, in google search you can specify if you would like to search for pages from a specific country. <\/p>\n

Let's see what impact the location of the web server (the IP address of the web server) has on google search ranking. <\/p>\n

My web host is physically located in UK, and therefore, when I searched for \"wordpress themes<\/a>\" using google UK search<\/a>, this site came up as #1. However, for google Australia search<\/a>, my site is no where to be found in the first 10 result pages. As for google USA search<\/a> (or default google search), my site appears in page 4.<\/p>\n

So this is something to take into consideration when you are trying to achieve #1 position in google search. <\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> Google allows you to set a particular geographic location<\/a> for your website which influences country-specific search results using its Webmaster Tools.
\nThanks Alex<\/a> for the heads-up. :)<\/em><\/p>\n

[tags]seo, google, search, ranking, wordpress themes[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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