Hi, KlausST,
Thanks.
I forgot Google, because I am in China, so I can only use Baidu and Bing.
I wasted one hour on them and got nth. Now I have googled the result.
Best,
Tony Liu
YES. Google, bing, etc search engines employ local algorithms, bots, and steer you to a site based on popularity AND if that site spent any advertising dollars.
My consulting site, Maguffin Microwave, has a google adwords account directing searchers to it. I can direct what specific regions of the USA i want to show up in searches on. That way i do not get consulting inquiries from companies 3000 miles away. It also gets me more bang for my advertising buck to limit the region i want to dominate a given ad keyword.
Odds are in China, there is an entirely different algorithm to steer the inquiries.
I would use search engines like dogpile and duckduckgo also....they pull less of that advertising money/scam type of redirecting.