If you run a website that is targeted internationally, it is likely
that at some point you are going to want to see what your Google
rankings are in other countries. Obviously America is huge and in many
cases we have seen, a large chunk of total traffic comes from the US for
internationally targeted sites.
Annoyingly when typing http://www.google.com into your address bar,
it will redirect you to your country’s Google domain (in our case
.co.uk). This becomes a bit of a problem when you want to see your
site’s ranking for the US. Well the answer to this is actually quite
simple, use the URL below (replacing your+search+query with the search
term you want and replace spaces with +).
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| http://www.google.com/search?q=your+search+query&pws=0&gl=US |
How it Works
- pws=0 – remove any personalisation
- gl=US – return results as if you were in the US
Alternative
To make things slightly easier, you can also use the SEO Global For
Google Search Firefox and Chrome plugins to see results from all
international Google domains.
Chrome Plugin Here
Firefox Plugin Here
** Another Alternative **
Someone has kindly given us another good alternative from Google
themselves. Google have created a test search environment to help people
with their AdWords campaigns. This method also lets you search by city
which can be very handy if you are trying to see your website’s ranking
around local areas. Click the link below to use this tool.
AdWords Test Google Search
Thanks to Alastair for suggesting this one!
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