| Many people already know about the basics of SEO. | | | | website when you use such domain names. Try to |
| They know what link building is all about, and they | | | | use country specific domain names - e.g. Singapore |
| know how to achieve higher rankings in the search | | | | (.sg), Japan (.jp), Philippines (.ph) and so on. |
| results. However, do you know that you can target | | | | Tip 2: The location of your IP address. |
| visitors in a specific geographical area? | | | | The location of your website IP address is |
| Targeting visitors from a specific location is useful for | | | | determined by the physical location of your web |
| businesses with a physical location. Your customers | | | | server. If your website is hosted in a US data center, |
| reside around your store, and you want only potential | | | | the search bots assume that your website is meant |
| customers to visit your website. For example, you | | | | for the US audience and will update their data |
| have a store in New York, and you do not want | | | | centers accordingly. If you have a.com,.net, or.org |
| visitors from Brazil to visit your site because you | | | | website, then try to host your website in a data |
| know you won't be doing any business with them. | | | | center that is in your country. |
| Here are 3 tips on how you can do this. | | | | Tip 3: Update Google Webmaster account. |
| Tip 1: Use a country specific top level domain name. | | | | Sign up for a Google Webmaster account for free |
| The most commonly seen domain names | | | | and verify your site ownership. Once verified, you |
| are.com,.org, and.net. However, it's difficult for the | | | | can update your settings to target visitors in a |
| search engines to determine the location of your | | | | specific country. |