Comments on: Canadian Searchers Are Different http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/30/canadian-searchers-are-different/ Canada's online legal magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/30/canadian-searchers-are-different/comment-page-1/#comment-708892 Kathy Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:41:32 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=14691#comment-708892 "Canadian searchers often add the word “Canada” to a search (so why aren’t they clicking on the Canada-only pages option in Google" @David As a Canadian searcher who does this, I can answer that. I've noticed when searching with the "pages from Canada" option checked I get mostly results from eBay.ca or sites that are hosted in Canada but whose content is usually non-Canadian. If I instead perform my search with the word "Canada" in the search, I get much better results. "Canadian searchers often add the word “Canada” to a search (so why aren’t they clicking on the Canada-only pages option in Google"

@David As a Canadian searcher who does this, I can answer that. I've noticed when searching with the "pages from Canada" option checked I get mostly results from eBay.ca or sites that are hosted in Canada but whose content is usually non-Canadian. If I instead perform my search with the word "Canada" in the search, I get much better results.

]]> By: David Whelan http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/30/canadian-searchers-are-different/comment-page-1/#comment-708887 David Whelan Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:18:10 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=14691#comment-708887 Experian <a href="http://weblogs.hitwise.com/movabletype/mt-search.cgi?search=canada" rel="nofollow">Hitwise Intelligence</a> started focusing more on the Canadian online market this year, and some of their search-related blog postings are interesting. There are tips for US marketers selling into Canada (use "flyer" not "coupon"), an indication that Canadian searchers often add the word "Canada" to a search (so why aren't they clicking on the Canada-only pages option in Google, and should sites use Canada in their metadata), and a look at successful searches, Bing v. Google. I'm curious to see what the Google Canada perspective looks like when they get up and running. Experian Hitwise Intelligence started focusing more on the Canadian online market this year, and some of their search-related blog postings are interesting. There are tips for US marketers selling into Canada (use "flyer" not "coupon"), an indication that Canadian searchers often add the word "Canada" to a search (so why aren't they clicking on the Canada-only pages option in Google, and should sites use Canada in their metadata), and a look at successful searches, Bing v. Google.

I'm curious to see what the Google Canada perspective looks like when they get up and running.

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