For the last 6 months or so, I have seen a number of threads on WebmasterWorld about Google.co.uk issues. Everyone is in agreement that there have been big changes.
The latest WebmasterWorld thread, Google.co.uk SERP Changes started a long discussion with more of the same. Random theories and off tangent disscussion abounds, but the big point in all this is that there are still inconsistent results and a lot of movement, though things have settled down a bit.
It seems to me that Google is using Google.co.uk to heavily test localization. This is bourn out by experience that .com site previously hosted in the states with powerful backlinks in the US, moved to the UK has developed great search results in the UK and retained positions in the US. I suppose the tweaking will continue but it appears that Google has come a long way in the UK.
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