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Do I need to change my country og:locale to en_AE
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Hi MOZ, I have a site that is aimed at the English speaking market of the United Arab Emirates. The language tag is currently set to lang="en-GB" and the og:locale also set to en_GB.
The domain is a .com and aimed at the whole world.
Should I be trying to target en-AE and en_AE for these tags instead of GB?
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Ok cool thanks for the tips Oleg
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You should utilize og:locale:alternative and have og:locale set to the country you want to present it to. see details here.
Overall, since its English in both scenarios, I don't think you need to worry about it.
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