Geo-Target Your Website in Google's Webmaster Tools

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OK so Google is now allowing you to help geo-target you pages to the right index in Google. This is done in the Webmaster Tools of Google.

1. Sign into Google webmaster tools with your Google Account.
2. Click the URL for the site you want.
3. Click Tools, and then click Set geographic target.
4. Select Associate a geographic location with this site.
5. Enter the geographic information in all of the fields that apply to your site's target audience, and click Save.

Yet another reason for all of us to be using this great tool.

More coverage:
Let Google Know The Geographic Location of Your Site

From SEO Roundtable:

Set Geographic Target in Google Webmaster Tools

In short, if your site is tailored to a certain geographic location, you may want to use this feature. Google says, "If your site is targeting users within a particular geographic area, please provide us with the relevant information below, using only the fields that apply to your target audience."

Clarify, it is not to tell Google. Hey, Google, my site is hosted in Canada. It is to say that I am trying to target users who are based in this specific location. So your site can be hosted anywhere, Google won't care, Google will learn that you are trying to target a specific location by you setting this feature. If you are a travel site, be careful when using this, because I am sure people in New York, looking to vacation in Spain, won't be searching for "Spain Vacations" while sitting in an Internet cafe in Spain.

So this is a good thing right? We can host anywhere we want right? I wonder if it helps with domains with TLD's not located in the specific target country? This has to be a good thing for the UK and Canada folks out there.