Small Doubt about Google Keyword Tool Search Data

[ksbnok]

No. of searches for some query in Google Keyword Tool for a specific country shows data for last 12 months or for last 1 month? Please reply.

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[Mark_Ginsberg]

No - you haven't blocked visitors from other countries - you've just given an indicator to Google that your site is relevant for visitors from a particular country.

If you have a site geared towards people living in the UK, you tell Google that this site is relevant for people in the UK. This will tell them the site should show up in UK searches or about a particular topic relating to the UK, but for a similar query in the US, the site is not relevant. You haven't blocked users from other countries so much as you've told the search engine this site should be shown for users from this country.

If you're targeted a language based demographic, like Arabic speakers, you wouldn't use the geotargeting tool, because you want arabic speakers from multiple countries. That's how the tool works.

Hope this helps and let me know if you have any other questions.

[ksbnok]

Also answer this please

I have geo targeted my domain for my country. Does it mean that I have blocked visitors from other countries.

[ksbnok]

Thanks @Mark. Now I know that it is actually averaged value for the last 12 months. Thanks once again

[Mark_Ginsberg]

The aggregate columns you are showing are monthly averages. You can also show the column for monthly search volume - once you've turned on this setting, when you export it, the csv will include the searches per month - this is helpful for understanding seasonal keyword trends