Ranking well in Google US but not showing up in UK
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Hi,
We are trying to position a specific site for a big sport event that will be played at the end of May. We only care about Google UK. It had no relevant content until last week.
The site is a almost a year old but we just started to get links for it (all from the UK). They worked so fast: we were in page 2 of SERPs in the UK within a few days. But suddenly the site has disappeared and we're not even in top 100 anymore. However, we are ranking extremely well in the US (first page for the keywords we wanted to rank for).
The site is a .com and it's hosted in Wordpress.com (with a custom URL). I understand that that can be a problem, but we have already told Google that our business is in the UK through Webmaster Tools.
I guess that with time and more UK links, Google would ultimately understand that our focus is the UK audience, but unfortunately we have no time and we can't wait due to the date of the sport event.
What do you think that we can do to rank well in the UK and not in the US as fast as possible?
Thanks!
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Thanks!
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Gone are the days when new site (even few months old) used to achieve high ranks. I suggest to use Google Ads, banner ads and other form of paid marketing if you want such quick results
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Sounds like a google dance for me. You started building links quickly in the UK. Now big G reconsiders where you belong in the UK Serps. It may take some time. Unfortunately your event is already taking place in may.
All the best for your project
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Indeed we are ranking very well in the US but not in the UK! Actually I wasn't right: the site is a few months old but we just started to get links for it.
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The answer to your question is in your question itself. Your site is new and new sites don't rank so fast in Google. As far as site's earlier ranking in UK is concerned, i have always seen it to be temporary and vanishes soon. I believe you will witness the same condition in US rankings shortly.
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