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    • Modi
      Modi last edited by

      Hi - I have a country specific domain (www.updater.in), used it for writing blog articles

      Now when i go to site settings in Webmaster - the Geo target by default is coming for India, and no option of changing geographic target.

      Is there any way to let Search Engines know (despite .in domain) that site Geo Location is not country specific, but is meant for users from all across !!

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      • Highland
        Highland last edited by

        Well, you own a ccTLD for India. So Google will see it as primarily for India. That's, more or less, the purpose of ccTLDs. It doesn't surprise me that WMT won't let you remove that hinting.

        Now, does that mean you can only rank well for India? Absolutely not! You can still rank well for US rankings. Something more powerful than your ccTLD is the power of relevant links from US sources. Get some links from US sites and Google will start seeing you as relevant for US searches. I see that happen all the time with UK sites.

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        • Modi
          Modi @Highland last edited by

          Makes much sense. Thanks !!

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