Geo Targeting & Geo Keywords
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Kindly clarify the below scenario.
I have set Geo Targeting for my Website to 'India' in Webmaster tools. So Google should give preference for the searches happening from India. Is there any preference given for the Geo keywords? Like 'SEO Services in India' or Web Design Companies India' while searching from USA.
Thanks
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No, the Geo targeting in Web Master Tools is not for boosting the Geo keyword (in your case "India") so it's not going to boost : "SEO services India" for your site because you have the GEO setting to India.
The GEO setting in WMT is just to clearly state what is your target audience - and in this case is India -> so your site should do better for all searches from India.
It might actually decrease your chances to rank in US based on that - so you have to chose GEO location settings only if you are really targeting mainly a specific location...
Hope it make sense.
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Hello Dennis,
Thanks for your reply. Yes. I was asking whether Google might provide some advantage on the Geo Keywords which includes Geo Targeted Country, even if searched from another Country.
So out of 10 how much do you think Geo Targeting acts as search engine ranking factor?
Thanks
Praveen.
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Im not sure what you mean about preference. If you mean that if your "geo targeted country" has an effect on improving your chances for terms like "SEO Services in India" then my answer is not so much. You'll just have an improved visibility in the local engines but geo keywords will still take the same amount of work. I've played with this for my site recently. My geo targeting doesnt really affect my global geo related keyword rankings.
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