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[kevs]

Can I do a search for an occupation and not have Google reference my location? thanks.

[iamlost]

Google always works from a location.

However, there several methods of altering the location used:

* in Google search under 'Search Tools' click on the current location and enter another: note: it may restrict to your own country.

* in Google search enter google.com and then click on result.

Note: above two presuming not already on google.com, rather on google.ca, google.co.uk, etc.

* use a proxy in a different region or country

* use StartPage - it uses google search through a proxy.

[kevs]

ok, did not know always tied to location. So there is no definitive result for photography, food, art etc

[iamlost]

Everyone's results are personalised to some degree with every query...there really is no more generic query result, which is why many of us no longer pay attention to SERP ranking - even in Webmaster Tools (so I understand as I don't use) when they note most popular queries they show an 'average' position, which given Google and their data sharing is likely imperfect.