How to tell Google which country your site is targeting...

Discussion in 'Google' started by Paul_MN, Jul 15, 2008.

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    This is very simple to do yet quite a few people miss this little trick.

    If you have a site that is targeting a specific geographic market you can tell Google which market that is.

    Just login in to webmaster tools, click on the domain name you want to geo target, select tools, then select 'Set Geographic Target'.

    Let's say you are targeting the UK market, this is a good way to get listed better on Google.co.uk.

    Of course it is even better if you can back that up with a .co.uk domain name, UK based hosting and some SEO targeting the UK market but this little function can just add that little extra help to get you ranking :)
     
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  2. ranjuse

    ranjuse Banned

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    then.... actually what you are planning to say?????? these things are common.... anyway good
     
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    Yep common but suprising how many people dont know about it :)
     
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    thanks for sharing tips.
    But i have one questions for this tricks. I want to traget multiple market means. I want to target USA, UK and canada markets then how to tell google.
     
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    To be honest I never noticed that you could add this so thanks for sharing the tip friend. I am from the UK and seem to do well with Google for the entire web but don't even show up on pages catering the UK, even though I have been enlisted! I'm been too busy messing around with my affiliate programs to really go through Adsense in detail but this will defo help.
     
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  6. Paul_MN

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    Im glad it helped Ryan.

    We just launched a web design affiliate program on MoreNiche and many of our affiliates were asking how to target the UK market so I thought there might be people on here who were not aware of this trick either :)

    Seocipl - Im not sure you can do multiple countries with this method. It may be better just to leave it without setting your target unless one of those countries is more important than the others.

    Mind you I must stress that this trick doesnt guarantee you better rankings and it doesnt mean you cant rank for other countries.....its just a little trick that can help a bit :)
     
    Paul_MN, Jul 16, 2008 IP
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    SEO_WatchDog Well-Known Member

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    What I think - is that Google really likes when you go GEO targeting - it means you are not there to gather and sell traffic - just to offer you services / goods directly to the client
     
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    Thanks for this great info Paul_MN. To be honest, I didn't know about it 'til i read this post. thanks. rep added.
     
    mabel01, Jul 16, 2008 IP