How to perform a search as though you are in a local city

[SeoSheikh]

Hi community. So I live in Dubai but have a lot of clients in the UK that want local SEO. Does anyone have any tips on performing search queries in Google that reflect a true search results page as though that search was being performed in a chosen UK city?

say if I wanted to see the SERPs for "hairdressers" in the city of Bristol in the UK, at the moment I get a pretty vague UK SERP from With lots of Dubai based adverts et.

Any tips would be great, thanks

[donford]

Hello,

You should be able to see results if you use a proxy server located in the city (area) you are researching. But I imagine there is an easier way nowadays.

This post may help over on SearchEngineLand

Good luck,

Don

[GlobeRunner]

There are proxy services available where you can, in fact, change your location and appear to be in another city. Another option is to perform a search at Google and scroll down to the bottom of the search results page. Choose "use precise location" and that should change your location to your current location.

If you are wanting to monitor rankings on a regular basis from a particular location, there are ranking checkers such as Authority Labs and SEMRush.com that will allow you to monitor rankings from a certain city or location.

[SeoSheikh]

Thanks for this Don. I did actually manage to find this - Its Adwords Ad Preview, so you can choose the location and it will display as if there.

https://adwords.google.com/apt/AdPreview?__u=2955918576&__c=8883971256&authuser=0

Hope that helps anyone else looking to do the same.

[MiriamEllis]

I recommend this thread over at Linda Buquet's forum that was created when Google removed the location search from main search:

http://www.localsearchforum.com/google-local-important/38549-9-tools-hacks-emulate-google-search-location-since-setting-gone.html