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Here's the puzzle: aside from London, does any UK city score higher on GKT (exact match) than Blackpool does?

I've tried a whole bunch of places and so far Blackpool's tops, but you never know...
 
Glasgow and Edinburgh seem to score the same as Blackpool

But Liverpool beats them all by a mile.

I did try Salford first but nope :(
 
Leeds is a another one that matches Blackpool (90k)

Edit: Leeds1 beat me to it.


- Rob
 
Blackpool's tops for the locals....

But globally Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester give it a sound thrashing.

I guess not too many American tourists plan on adding Blackpool to their grand tour of Europe.:o
 
Glastonbury is not a city rather a town, nearby Wells however is but is small in terms of size/population
 
Liverpool tops even london (locally)
 
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In terms of global exacts, places like Newcastle, Birmingham, Brighton and Windsor are higher.

When you take into account the Premier League effect, football geos such as Chelsea [165,000], West Ham [165,000] and Arsenal [823,000] get massive searches.

I'm guessing that Blackpool has benefited from the Premier League effect also, as the exact match has rocketed since they were promoted - it's reading 33,100 in December 2009 increasing to 110,000 October 2010, although seasonal tourism is also likely to play a part.

Interestingly - if you look at the exact match for a Premier League team reference that isn't a geo, eg [Wolves] it gets roughly the difference between the 2009 and 2010 Blackpool figures - 60,500.
 
Roll up Roll up, free keyword research for edwin required... :rolleyes:
 
I think you'd have to prise blackpool.co.uk/.com from his dying hands! Fabulous pair of domains.

Correct, they're not going anywhere. Why would they? And if I ever did sell, they sell themselves instantly - starting a thread about GKT does absolutely nothing to affect their saleability.

I just did a bit of digging then figured there's enough interest in the geo space that others probably have a lot of the answers already. A lot of intriguing info came out of this thread, and I really appreciate all the input!
 
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