Will my blog appear if Google search is Australia Pages only

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  wattle8 · Member · Jul 2, 2009 at 2:15 am

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  I want to blog about my Australian emotional intelligence coaching service using a wordpress.com blog.

  I want to know whether,if someone enters relevant search terms (eg coaching/emotional intelligence) in Google and then applies the “Pages from Australia” filter if my blog will rank or be excluded because I have an American host.

  AND – as a follow up question – if it doesn’t list is there an option of having an Australian host when using wordpress.com as opposed to wordpress.org?

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  tellyworth · Staff · Jul 2, 2009 at 2:49 am

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  You’ll have to ask Google about that – their method for determining what country a web site belongs to is mysterious and not terribly accurate. It doesn’t seem to relate to the host or domain.

  You can register a .com.au domain and use it with your WordPress.com blog. You’ll need to register the domain with an Australian registrar, then buy a Domain Mapping upgrade at WordPress.com. There are a couple of steps involving DNS to do that but support staff can help.

  Domain Mapping

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  tellyworth · Staff · Jul 2, 2009 at 3:20 am

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  Oh, it just occurred to me: you can use Google Webmaster Tools to set your site’s country.

  http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=62399

  Here’s how to use Webmaster Tools with a WordPress.com blog:

  http://support.wordpress.com/verifying-with-google-webmaster-tools/

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  wattle8 · Member · Jul 2, 2009 at 3:28 am

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  Thanks very much tellyworth. Really appreciate your advice.