Confusion on Meta Language

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by seoblore, Apr 25, 2013.

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    For example I have one website called www.example.com and have different sub directories according to the country.

    Like www.example.com/india
    www.example.com/uk
    www.example.com/us
    www.example.com/aus

    my site universal but I am targeting sub directories in different country. www.example.com/india is targeting India country and so on.

    I want to get ranking in Google search engine according to the country (google.co.uk, google.co.in)

    So my question is should I write different language according to directories.
    Example;

    in www.example.com/india , section

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us" /><meta name="country" content="in" />

    www.example.com/uk
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb" />
    <meta name="country" content="uk" />

    Give me proper suggestion
     
    seoblore, Apr 25, 2013 IP
  2. abraxas

    abraxas Well-Known Member

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    Yep, I think it is quite OK. However, not sure if really needed - the language/content will be detected anyway. Just as if you do these as subdomains instead of dirs. Still I think the directories are the better option :)

    Good luck with your project!
     
    abraxas, Apr 25, 2013 IP
  3. JiniOnline

    JiniOnline Member

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    Every country have different directories and obviously should have different pages then what is the issue.
    Obviously, you should put Meta Language tag different for all the countries.
     
    JiniOnline, Apr 25, 2013 IP
  4. SmallBizWebsites.Org

    SmallBizWebsites.Org Greenhorn

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    I think you have answered your own question correctly. First, you have organized your content into sub-folders from the domain root. This is better than using sub-domains which you could also have used.

    Country-specific meta tags should look like this:
    <meta name="geo.country" content="IN" />
    <meta name="geo.region" content="IN" />

    I understand that Google ignores these tags but that Bing (and possibly other search engines) do use them.
     
    SmallBizWebsites.Org, Apr 25, 2013 IP
  5. JiniOnline

    JiniOnline Member

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    Yes, Meta tags is not much important for Google SERP but it will help you in Bing & Yahoo.
     
    JiniOnline, Apr 26, 2013 IP
  6. SERPpoint

    SERPpoint Active Member

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    Meta tags don't have any relation with language.. you have to write meta tags in the language in which your site is.. if your site is in English, the meta description would be in English, if it is in french, the meta data would be in french and from here, your language is detected.. try to keep it simple!
     
    SERPpoint, May 15, 2013 IP
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    somanbangaree Active Member

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    somanbangaree, May 16, 2013 IP
  8. JiniOnline

    JiniOnline Member

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    Thanks Somanbangaree for sharing the link!
     
    JiniOnline, Jun 6, 2013 IP