Geo-targeting

[Diana.varbanescu]

Hi all,

If I had a global domain but with local country pages on it, i.e.

xxxx.com/uk/xxxx

xxxx.com/usa/xxxxx

xxxxx.com/au/xxxx

What's the best way to ensure that the relevant country gets the relevant pages. I.e.  the /uk/ pages show in the UK, /usa/ pages in the USA, /au/ pages in Australia. etc. etc.

Is this a Google Webmaster tools setting?

Thanks!

[MattAntonino]

Actually what you're looking for is called hreflang.

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en

You set the default (for most of our clients that's US) and then you tell Google which pages to serve using which languages.

If you're doing this in a CMS where you'll need to set every page in a template, set it up like this:

" hreflang="x-default" />
" hreflang="en-au" />
" hreflang="en" />

The request_URI section adds whichever URL the user is on, ie. your /about or /contact pages.  Add this code (with your info) into the header section of your HTML template for all pages and you're good to go.

[Diana.varbanescu]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for your reply - this very aptly timed blog was written on the subject yesterday: http://moz.com/blog/hreflang-behaviour-insights.