Comments on: Here’s a worry for UK Political Bloggers http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/ Politics, Commentary, Culture, Technology. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:08:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: admin http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-9748 admin Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:47:37 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-9748 @UK Voter: I agree it is a big issue - thanks for the visit. matt @UK Voter: I agree it is a big issue - thanks for the visit.

matt

]]> By: UK Voter http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-9740 UK Voter Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:06:57 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-9740 I agree, we do need more competition in the search market and I am disappointed that Google treat international domains in the way they do. This only seems to have happened in the last 2 or 3 years, but it does have a major impact on international domains, many of which have been on the internet for years. Another worthwhile point, is anyone using a generic name, hyphenated domain name or underscores are similarly discounts is local and general searches. This seems to be a more recent change with Google. UK Voters last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/co/NYdc/~3/372000974/" rel="nofollow">When will the Tories tell us what they stand for?</a> I agree, we do need more competition in the search market and I am disappointed that Google treat international domains in the way they do. This only seems to have happened in the last 2 or 3 years, but it does have a major impact on international domains, many of which have been on the internet for years. Another worthwhile point, is anyone using a generic name, hyphenated domain name or underscores are similarly discounts is local and general searches. This seems to be a more recent change with Google.

UK Voters last blog post..When will the Tories tell us what they stand for?

]]> By: UK Political Blogosphere vanishes down Google Black Hole http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-211 UK Political Blogosphere vanishes down Google Black Hole Tue, 08 May 2007 13:28:52 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-211 [...] I wrote about this briefly before, I highlighted the fact that half of internet searches in the UK are done on Google using the [...] [...] I wrote about this briefly before, I highlighted the fact that half of internet searches in the UK are done on Google using the [...]

]]> By: On the agenda for week beginning 30/4/2007 at The Wardman Wire http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-140 On the agenda for week beginning 30/4/2007 at The Wardman Wire Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:37:40 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-140 [...] be publishing an article later today looking in more detail at why UK Political Blogs are vanishing from Google UK - our most popular search engine. There will be another article published on Tuesday giving come [...] [...] be publishing an article later today looking in more detail at why UK Political Blogs are vanishing from Google UK - our most popular search engine. There will be another article published on Tuesday giving come [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-125 admin Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:30:18 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-125 Cheers Tim - and don't I know it ! I'm on a dot com hosted in New York myself. I liked the simplicity of the host, though. I'll be posting some more thoughts tomorrow - but by all give it a good fisking if I get anything wrong. Matt Cheers Tim - and don’t I know it ! I’m on a dot com hosted in New York myself. I liked the simplicity of the host, though.

I’ll be posting some more thoughts tomorrow - but by all give it a good fisking if I get anything wrong.

Matt

]]> By: Tim Ireland http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-124 Tim Ireland Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:00:32 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2007/04/27/heres-a-worry-for-uk-political-bloggers/#comment-124 It's not just your domain name that determines your local relevance in Google, it is where/how you are listed in certain directories and - crucially - where you are hosted. Just so you know. It’s not just your domain name that determines your local relevance in Google, it is where/how you are listed in certain directories and - crucially - where you are hosted. Just so you know.

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