Will same language different region (US/UK) geotargeting via subdirectory (& GWT) cause dupe content or other issues ?
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If a UK hosted site on a .com, needs to target US now too but for keywords that are spelt differently in US is creating duplicate version of uk hosted .com site and putting it on a subdirectory .com/us/ and geotargeting via webmaster tools (to usa) ok ?
I take it in this scenario no dupe content issues (or other issues) so long as is geotargeted via GWT ?
Or are there ?
Comments from anyone with experience doing similar (same language, different region geo-targeting dupe content with kw spelling being only difference, via a subdirectory or other route) much appreciated ?
Many Thanks
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Couple more questions re this:
Would you say its better to name the sub folder in accordance with lang/regional codes i.e. www.example.com/en-us/ or just us/ fine ? Since doesnt really matter and the GWT targeting settings and canonical and href tags added to the us targeted sites pages should be enough ?
Also if you set the tags on the us focused subdirectory site and geotarget via GWT etc, should you do similarly on the standard site (a uk hosted .com primarily, but not exclusively, focusing on uk) with uk attributes OR fine to just leave as is (devoid of targeting information) ?
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many thanks Alan !
have a top weekend !!
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i think this page is your answer for google at least.
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/new-markup-for-multilingual-content.html
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