Google showing different pages for same search term in uk and usa

[GAZ09]

Hi Guys,

I have an interesting question and think Google is being a bit strange..

Can anyone tell me why when I input the term design agency in Google.co.uk it shows one page, but when i tyupe in the same search term in Google.com (worldwide search) it shows another page..

Any ideas guys?

Is this not bit strange??

Any help here be much appreciated..

Thanks

Gareth

[RobertFisher]

Gareth,

Search engines show different results for different geographical areas(countries) and for different languages. When a site is a .com it is a generic site and the algorithm looks at where it is hosted (US, UK, Aus, etc). It looks at what language has been set in Google WMT as well. EN-US, EN-UK, etc. From this it determines what is most appropriate to show in search. 
If a site has a country code TLD - Example.com.UK, it is more likely to show up in the .UK of Google than a .com is unless the .com is hosted in the UK and chosen EN-UK as the language.

By doing this the engines display the results that are most appropriate to a given country.

Best

[Thommas]

The results are different for each country, that makes them more relevant. Say i'm based in Birmingham UK, and looking for a design agency or a restaurant. Local results will be more relevant to me.

[Thommas]

Yes. In UK all users are automatically redirected to google.co.uk.

[GAZ09]

Thanks Robert,

The domain is a uk on and is hosted in the UK..