Just received an email from a visitors searching local google search engine for the term SEO Blog and end up on my blog. Here is a copy of the email:

I noticed Seoremake is turning up in Gs’ “pages from Ireland” results which is
odd for a US hosted .com.

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=seo+blogs&btnG=Google+Search&meta=cr%3DcountryIE

Just wondering if this a glitch or had you specified Ireland as a geographic location in
the new webmaster tool.

First, thanks stephen for visiting my blog. Second, answering your question with a question. Does google or specifically the google bots look into the Trace route of the site it is hosted?

So to explain, this site is hosted on an Ireland IP. Next, search engine don’t crawls any deeper than looking the IP address location of the site where it is hosted. If this will be the case today, then effective geo targeting can be achieved in ranking.

Next, how you site or blog have been optimized for search engine crawler visibility. How your content is relevant to the search.

Another thing to mention is that I have not employ this so called Pay For Inclusion, what for? If I can rank high on one term, why I cant do it on another? I will just waste my money into it.

Hope that I answer your question partially. Backlinks plays also a big role if you want to target a local industry.

Note: sorry for misunderstanding about PFI, it was meant “Pages from Ireland” as forum member made. My apologies.