Google.ca vs Google.com Ranking

[seorm]

I have a site I would like to rank high for particular keywords in the Google.ca searches and don't particularly care about the Google.com searches (it's a Canadian service). I have logged into Google Webmaster Tools and targeted Canada. Currently my site is ranking on the third page for my desired keywords on Google.com, but is on the 20th page for Google.ca. Previously this change happened quite quickly -- within 4 weeks -- but it doesn't seem to be taking here (12 weeks out and counting). My optimization seems to be fine since I'm ranking well on Google.com: not sure why it's not translating to Google.ca.

Any help or thoughts would be appreciated.

[magicrob]

I've a few questions:

• Where is the physical location of the hosting of the website?
• Where are the links to the site coming from?
• Is the site looking to rank locally (within Canada)? Is it listed in local directories?
• Are you talking about Canada in the content?

Thanks,

Rob

[NextDigital51]

Hi Elisse,

There are a few items that can speed up this process:

• Where is your site hosted? Hosting in Canada may help.

• Are you building any links to it? And if so, what kind of links are you getting? I find that getting links from domains within the same country helps

Or this might be a Google data center issue, I find that not all data centers sync up simultaneously and usually updating some content or metas will help speed that up.

[KeriMorgret]

Hi! We're going through some of the older unanswered questions and seeing if people still have questions or if they've gone ahead and implemented something and have any lessons to share with us. Can you give an update, or mark your question as answered?

Thanks!