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Geographic target for .sa.com

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Geographic target for .sa.com Frogger 5/5/12 4:11 PM Hi, I am trying to change the Geographic target for a .http://sa.com domain name from Target users in: United States to Saudi Arabia. But for some reason Webmaster Tools is not allowing me tick the target box and access the drop down menu for Saudi Arabia.
Re: Geographic target for .sa.com alistair.lattimore 5/5/12 11:48 PM If Google recognises .http://sa.com as an official Saudi Arabia domain name, you won't be able to geotarget it.
Re: Geographic target for .sa.com Frogger 5/6/12 12:12 AM Ic. So for instance a .com.au doesn't need a geographic target as google knows its linked to australia. The problem is with this .http://sa.com it has united states next to the geographic target which I can't change.
Re: Geographic target for .sa.com alistair.lattimore 5/6/12 1:25 AM Normally you can geotarget a .com domain name, as its within the list of geotargetable domains. Maybe if the owner of http://sa.com has geotargeted it to US, it stops you geotargeting a subdomain of it to a different country for some reason. You can certain
Re: Geographic target for .sa.com Frogger 5/6/12 2:43 AM Thanks for getting back to me quickly.   How do I check where the .http://sa.com is geotargeted to. Would this be done at the domain registry?
Re: Geographic target for .sa.com alistair.lattimore 5/6/12 4:58 AM This is done via Google Webmaster Tools for that particular domain. If a geotargetable domain has actually been geotargeted, you'll see the country name its been targeted to beside the domain in the search results.
Re: Geographic target for .sa.com Frogger 5/6/12 1:45 PM Thats what I thought. So this .http://sa.com domain has a checkbox which I cant tick and a drop down menu which is stuck on United States that I can not change. Does google webmatser tools not reconize a .http://sa.com? Maybe they only reconize .http://com.sa?