Targeting UK traffic

[nickgrnt]

I need to know is there any good way to drive only UK traffic using SEO tactics. I have a blog but the traffic that comes to my blog is almost from outside UK. Also, i have heard that having domain TLD .co.uk makes it much easier to draw traffic from UK. But my domain TLD is .org, will it get harder to focus on UK traffic?

What strategies do you suggest to target UK traffic only?

[Raymond]

The overall majority of traffic for uk-domains should come from UK search engines (Google.co.uk, Yahoo.co.uk etc.) by default. But if you want more UK traffic, you should build UK-specific backlinks, e.g. adding "UK" to your major keywords and/or using key phrases that describe exclusively UK products/services.

[MattBarthorp]

Inaddition to what Raymond has suggested, you can also submit your website/blog to UK directories. Try Press Release your website.Start posting in UK specific forums,also include your signature in those forum posts.You can also start social bookmarking inorder to grow your online presence. In the meantime keep your blog updated, with unique and fresh content.

[Merrick]

Yes, as suggested by Matt, I will also recommend you the same to submit your website to UK directories. Try to search on Google for UK based directories with good Page Ranking. This will definitely help you to get the UK traffic to your website. Regular participation in UK based forums with the signature included will be the best way to grab the UK traffic. Let's us wait for someone with any other good idea.

[Jack]

If UK traffic is most important, I would recommend you to participate in UK based forums. There are many UK forums around and all you need to do is find and choose a few good niche forums to participate in.

[nickgrnt]

Thanks for all of your participations... I have heard that hosting a site in UK servers also helps your site? Is it true? if yes, how?

[Macdale]

Nick, there are many classified ad sites out there which lets you the use of anchor text with in the ad, you can search for classified ad sites particularly for UK and use your targeted keywords in the ads to help you increase your backlink, also you can use forums that are from UK as well as the uk.answers.yahoo can help you in that.

[Franklin]

Yep, and go with Geo Tagging, or your could do a more specific Geo-Targetting, it means that you need to submit on directories found on UK only, Forums, and classifieds as suggested by MattBarthorp. By doing this your directly creating a traffic and only targetting UK alone...

[Catherine]

If your website is hosted on the servers in the UK, it will have UK IP address. Search engines determine location of a website from the IP address it has. Hence, if your website has IP address of UK, it will be considered more by the search engines for the Searches made from the IP addresses of UK. So your website will rank higher in the Search Engines for the Searches made from the UK in comparison to the websites having IP address of other countries. Higher rankings in the Search Engines will drive more traffic to your website and this is the reason SEO is done.

Hope this helps..

[MattBarthorp]

Yes, I missed out on the point of IP address. Very well said by Catherine, if you are targeting UK customers then it would be highly beneficial for you to host your website on UK server inorder to have a UK IP to your site. If possible, you purchase a dedicated IP for your website.A dedicated IP is favored by SE's.

[nickgrnt]

Thank you Matt & Catherine, for clearing my doubt. Now, i understood the exact benefit and importance of having website hosted on UK servers.

[Merrick]

Thank you Matt & Catherine, for clearing my doubt. Now, i understood the exact benefit and importance of having website hosted on UK servers.

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[nickgrnt]

Thanks a lot, Merrick. Definitely i am gonna check out the plans. Looking forward to host my site on EUKhost.

[Merrick]

Thanks a lot, Merrick. Definitely i am gonna check out the plans. Looking forward to host my site on EUKhost.

You are welcome, Nick!

After getting a hosting plan with EUK, do let us know how you experience with EUK. I'm sure it will be a great journey with EUK! Profession + Fun!

[nickgrnt]

Yea sure Merrick, i will let you know about my experience with EUKhost...

[Catherine]

Thank you Matt & Catherine, for clearing my doubt. Now, i understood the exact benefit and importance of having website hosted on UK servers.

You are most welcome Please let us know if we can assist you with anything else. We would be glad to provide you with all the information we have and we will make sure that we provide you with the best possible solution.

[nickgrnt]

Thanks Catherine, for all the help you ppl have provided me, I will definitely let you know if i need any more help.

[Catherine]

Sure. We would be glad to provide you with all the Information and Knowledge we have as we always believe "You gain more Knowledge if you Spread Knowledge". We would also be glad to learn something from you so please feel free to provide the information you have and it would be really appreciated by the EUKhost community.

[Jimmy22]

My understanding is that you can use the Google Webmasters Tools to specifically indicate which country your site is targeting.

[Merrick]

Yes, it is very helpful tool to monitor the traffic and also work to on increasing the traffic.