This morning, as I booted up, I got a nasty surprise – Google put on a new shirt which seems to have caused a KeywordSpy issue where you can’t change the SERPs by country.
Apparently, Firefox users are the most affected.
Good on you Google for making things better, but what about us SEO geeks?
Well, I shouldn’t gripe at Google; it’s really an issue with KeywordSpy.
And while I’m sure they’re working hard to fix the issue, I decided to play nice and post a hack that will solve this problem for you.
So if you want to see the SERPs from other countries, all you have to do is click on the appropriate country in the list below.
You’ll notice that your KeywordSpy issue has been circumvented, as the toolbar will now have changed the flag. Google will greet you with the text in its search bar saying “replace this text and hit search”
I’ll leave it to you to guess to do next
Unfortunately this doesn’t permanently fix the KeywordSpy issue - until the good people at KeywordSpy fix the plugin, you’ll have to resort to using the shortcuts listed below.
Hey, if this helped, connect with me using the Google Friend Connect and let me know (just installed it on this blog yesterday).
Cheers!
Australia; Brazil; Canada; France; Germany; Greece; India; Ireland; Italy; Mexico; Poland; Singapore; South Africa; Spain; Switzerland; UK; USA
PS. In the light of this KeywordSpy issue, I’m curious to find out which browser you use and how do you compare it to something else you tried in the past, so do leave a comment.
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Hi Ivan, thanks for bringing this up. We will look into fixing the plugin and rest assured that you will be notified once we patch this up.
Thank you for patronizing the KeywordSpy plugin and more power to your online marketing! :-)
Hey Liezel; thanks for the comment, and a great plugin. You guys are doing awesome work – I’d say all the power to you!
You got a really useful blog I have been here reading for about an hour. I am a newbie and your success is very much an inspiration for me.
Thanks for the nice post…
Good share, great article, very usefull for us…thanks.
Hi Ivan, the fixes for the KeywordSpy plugin were already implemented.
Kindly download the latest version of the plugin at http://labs.keywordspy.com/plugin/?n=
Regards!
Liezl
Hey Liezel, thanks for the update. I’ll go grab it right now.
I noticed that it didn’t prompt for upgrade when I started the browser though. Is that a bug or perhaps something deliberate?
Thanks again!
Hi Ivan,
You were not prompted to upgrade when you launched your browser because as of now, we have not yet enabled that feature (automatic upgrade prompt).
However, rest assured that as long as you have installed the Plugin through the link http://labs.keywordspy.com/plugin/?n =, you will get the full features available for the new version.
Best regards,
Liezel
Yup, worked fine. Thanks, you guys rock!