'Choose your location' page and SEO

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by chorizo, Mar 4, 2008.

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    I'm in the UK.

    If I go to monster.com, the site recognizes that I am outside the US and directs me to a page on the UK site which gives the option to choose which country's version of the site I want to visit:
    http://www.monster.co.uk/geo/siteselection.asp

    (I assume this goes the other way - in the US try monster.co.uk)

    1. Has anyone set up a geotargeted intercept page like this?
    2. What impact does this have on SEO?
     
    chorizo, Mar 4, 2008 IP
  2. baaa

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    keywords SERPs in your targeted country go up - others go down... result: more targeted users, better conversions :)
     
    baaa, Mar 4, 2008 IP
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    i'm not so familiar with this - but i know that in Google Webmaster tools, you're able to set a preferred geographic target... it's supposed to help with these issues.
     
    dtm32236, Mar 4, 2008 IP
  4. chorizo

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    Well, that's the hope, and why I'm looking into it. Wondering more about potential *negative* impacts, or how to implement this and still leave the sites open to being spidered properly.
     
    chorizo, Mar 9, 2008 IP