Do you need to set .co domains to US using GWT to stop them being country specific?

by d0de

Posted: 12 years ago 3 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Hi (1st post

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As you'll know, google now views .co domains as not being specific to Colombia as they were previously.

However, I'm a little confused over the details. I know it's possible to tell google which country your .co site is aimed at using Google webmaster tools, but my question is, is this necessary? If you don't do this, will google see your .co domain site as being a Colombian site? There's no option in webmaster tools for setting a site to be worldwide, so to do this, should I just ignore this process with a .co domain?

Thanks! Hope my question is clear :S

#country #domains #gwt #set #specific #stop

Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago

No, you don't.

".co" is one of the three formerly geo-targeted domain extensions which Google has now openly announced are treated as a default just like any other international top-level domain for all SEO/ranking purposes. (The other two are ".me" - formerly for Montenegro - and ".tv" - formerly for Tuvalu).

Welcome to the forum. Please note that SEO questions about how Google does things are really supposed to go here: Adsense / PPC / SEO Discussion Forum
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d0de 12 years ago

Well that's a clear and definitive answer, thanks! Can't believe you replied to my first post; I'm read so many of yours before registering

Thanks for the heads up, obviously I need to look around a bit more
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- Alexa Smith Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by d0de
  
  Can't believe you replied to my first post; I'm read so many of yours before registering
  
  That's probability for you: the people who've made the most posts are statistically more likely to happen to reply to you than the people who've made only a few.
  
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