I have a new client who's business is in Canada. His site is hosted in the US. His registry information is hidden. His website features an international blend of content, however it's predominantly US-centric content.
The one clue Google has is that the nameservers are .ca.
His site ranks well on google.ca but poorly on google.com.
My questions are:
1. How does Google determine where the site owner is, or do they at all?
2. If it's determined the owner is in a different country than the US, will Google automagically rank him below US-based competitors?
It is not necessary that the website is hosted in the same country. The google only predict on the basis of your IP that you belongs to this country because every ISP of each country have an IP pool and there is also mention that it is Dynamic ip or static IP so that no one can spam and user Dynamic ip for mailing.
Where is the matter of Website google takes reference of the particular websites from its contacts, country specific traffic and contents.
A person in Canada can have his site hosted in Australia and it would appear that the owner is from Australia. It is easy to mislead the info.
There are also proxy servers you can use when you register your domain - and this is also a way to give out a different info checking with the domain registrar.
How does Google know the originating country?
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