Does setting the geographical target give you an advantage?

Baadier

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I've got a few niche sites that are targeted in the UK. Would setting the "geographic target" in Google Webmaster Tool be worthwhile or not?

 

laowai

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• Dec 9, 2011

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It definitely is worthwhile! I had a .net domain in first page of google.com and nowhere in google.co.uk for easy keyword. After I change the targetting to UK I got #5 position in the UK. I didn't do any backlinking during that time so I'm confident that it happened only because of the geo targetting.

 

Baadier

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thanks for the quick response.

 

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paulcarter97

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Of course it is worthwhile. Me too setting my website to do it. Why would google put something useless ?

 

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markhenry121

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Yes, geographic target setting gives advantages to fulfill target. It helps to rank high in a particular search engine as well as increase geographic traffic.

 

SEOWhizz

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I've got a few niche sites that are targeted in the UK. Would setting the "geographic target" in Google Webmaster Tool be worthwhile or not?

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If you want to stay under Google's radar and not use Webmaster Tools, then an alternative would be to use a UK hosting company for the site. Having UK TLD's would help also, e.g. .co.uk. If it's a business and you want to rank in a specific location in the UK, you could create a Google Places listing.

Off page, get a diverse range of links from UK sites; directories, blogs, authority sites, Web 2.0's, etc.