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Hi everyone,

Please if for instance you have a website based in the UK and it's target market is also based in the UK. Yet the majority of traffic to the website comes from the US, what can you do to remedy the situation?

Your comments will be highly appreciated.

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Good thread — the outreach and targeting ideas already posted help. For , add a short technical/content checklist that complements those replies and focuses on making the site look and behave like a UK site to both users and search engines.

First, audit before you change anything. Confirm the US traffic is real (check sessions, bounce rates, landing pages and referral sources in Analytics or server logs) and remove bot/spam noise. Use Search Console performance data to see which queries and pages get impressions in the US versus the UK ().

Then add explicit UK signals on the site. Show GBP pricing, UK address and phone formatting, UK spelling and examples, and UK case studies so visitors know you’re local. Implement structured data for local presence (use the LocalBusiness schema) and use hreflang when you run different English variants so Google serves the correct page to UK users (LocalBusiness schema, ).

Finally, improve UX and conversion for UK users: serve content fast from UK/CDN edges (server location can matter for speed and conversions — see notes on server location), test page loads from London, and create UK-specific landing pages and content that use British terms. Avoid automatic IP-based redirects (they can block crawlers and harm rankings). These steps complement the local outreach ideas from , , and the Webmaster Tools tip from by strengthening on-site signals and conversion paths for genuine UK visitors.

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Check the google adwords tool and use UK on the location, also check your local search to get the right keywords.

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hmm i was also searching about this... thanks for tell that

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Find .uk domain blogs and start participating. Country based work is always tough. I think you know that.

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Try to get backlinks from the local websites i.e. from the uk website. You can also submit your business in the local business listing of the UK. You can also try classified ads submission. It will definately help you to get traffic & visitors from your local areas..

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Login to Google webmaster tools through your gail account add your website to it you will find the option traffic target location just select your target location UK there

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Create account on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Try to connect with local people of UK by participating their groups and other communities and share your thoughts there. Except this do local listing for UK areas.

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Try to submit classfied ads submission for getting more visitors & traffic for your website

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