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noqqkk1 · 16th January 2010, 12:35 AM

Now we are looking for a hosting service for our website that focus on Hong Kong people only. In Hong Kong, the popular search engines are www.yahoo.com.hk and www.google.com.hk.

Assume we joined your hosting service and then added our website into Yahoo HK as well as Google HK, our website will be listed out if someone search specific wordings (i.e. ?Testing?) through Yahoo HK or Google HK.

However, if someone also search i.e. ?Testing? as well through Yahoo HK or Google HK but this time he selected to show ?Page from Hong Kong? (Attached picture), our website will NOT be listed out because our website is hosted in US server (IP) not HK server (IP).

Our question is - Is it possible to using your hosting service but also our website can be listed out when someone selected to show ?Page from Hong Kong? in Yahoo HK or Google HK.

Thanks
Gary

Support DSmith · 16th January 2010, 10:39 AM

Good question. When the option is selected to search for 'pages from country', Google will display results after looking at a few factors. The most prominent factors are IP, TLD and hosting. If you host with us, the IP and the hosting will show as US based, but if you use the .hk TLD, your site will be looked at as a search result. They do use other factors, such as the actual language of the site, to display search results.

In short, the answer to your question is yes, you could use our services and still have your pages displayed when someone searches Google for pages from Hong Kong. Unfortunately, we would not be able to guarantee that your page would be included in the search results. If you need more information on this before making a decision, we recommend that you contact Google's support for clarification.

noqqkk1 · 17th January 2010, 12:15 AM

Thanks for your great support.

Contacted google and this link
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=62399
that can completely answer my question.

16th January 2010, 12:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
noqqkk1 Asia Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 18	Question you may never meet before Now we are looking for a hosting service for our website that focus on Hong Kong people only. In Hong Kong, the popular search engines are www.yahoo.com.hk and www.google.com.hk. Assume we joined your hosting service and then added our website into Yahoo HK as well as Google HK, our website will be listed out if someone search specific wordings (i.e. ?Testing?) through Yahoo HK or Google HK. However, if someone also search i.e. ?Testing? as well through Yahoo HK or Google HK but this time he selected to show ?Page from Hong Kong? (Attached picture), our website will NOT be listed out because our website is hosted in US server (IP) not HK server (IP). Our question is - Is it possible to using your hosting service but also our website can be listed out when someone selected to show ?Page from Hong Kong? in Yahoo HK or Google HK. Thanks Gary Attached Images __________________ Cheers GAry

17th January 2010, 12:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
noqqkk1 Asia Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 18	Thanks for your great support. Contacted google and this link http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=62399 that can completely answer my question. __________________ Cheers GAry

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16th January 2010, 10:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
Support DSmith Dotable Staff Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5	Good question. When the option is selected to search for 'pages from country', Google will display results after looking at a few factors. The most prominent factors are IP, TLD and hosting. If you host with us, the IP and the hosting will show as US based, but if you use the .hk TLD, your site will be looked at as a search result. They do use other factors, such as the actual language of the site, to display search results. In short, the answer to your question is yes, you could use our services and still have your pages displayed when someone searches Google for pages from Hong Kong. Unfortunately, we would not be able to guarantee that your page would be included in the search results. If you need more information on this before making a decision, we recommend that you contact Google's support for clarification.