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Subdirectories for all locations are in the same language i.e English so , in this hreflang tag applicable for this .Will this also eliminate the content duplicacy issue as I tried rel= canonical tag , But I believe doing so stop indexing of the canonicalized pages , which I do not want .Thanks.....

Hello All,

How can i do geo targeting in multiple countries on my ** root domain and sub **directories in Webmaster tool.

My domain is "abc.com" and i want to target three countries

UAE , Kuwait, Saudi arabia.

So, Can i assign geo targeting in Webmaster tool ,  Root domain for UAE country and make other two sub directories for Kuwait and saudi ?

abc.com - UAE (geo targeting)

abc.com/kw - Kuwait (geo targeting)

abc.com/sa - Saudi  (geo targeting)

Or

Root doamain should be not assign for any country and Make three sub directories for UAE, Kuwait , and saudi and targeting them there geo locations.

abc.com - Unlisted (geo targeting)

abc.com/uae/ - UAE (geo targeting)

abc.com/kw/ - Kuwait (geo targeting)

abc.com/sa/ - Saudi  (geo targeting)

I am working on a project for three countries , i have geotargeted the the root directory to one location , and 2 sub directories  to the other 2 locations, its been more than a month but i dont see google acknowledging the same for the 2 sub directories while its has updated for root domain. Additional can you please share some tips for ranking a domain in gulf countries like UAE , saudi etc . because the regular stuff like directory submission doesnt seem to be working.

Would really appreciate ya suggestions & ideas

Thanks