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Country name displayed after domain name in google SERP
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our online shop targets clients in the US and worldwide (same URL - no subdirectories - currency changes based on IP).
when searching in google.ie or google.no for our site google displays in the SERPS "US" or "United States" after the URL for our site, but for most other US competitors it does not show the country in the SERPS.
I deleted our google places listing 2 weeks ago, since I suspected it may be related, but no change so far.
In google webmaster tools we have targeted the shop domain to United States, which may be another factor. Unfortunately we can not undo this setting since without it our google US ranking for the most relevant competitive keyword drops from position 8 to position 100+. Server location is in Germany which despite lots of US links and US contact info and USD currency appparently makes google think that the site is not targeting the US.
Does anybody know what triggers the country name in the SERPS (google places or webmaster tools or other) and can give advice if there is any way to get rid of it.
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thanks for confirming it is caused by webmaster tools.
I may give it a try to change server location via proxy instead of using geo setting in webmaster tools.
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"in google webmaster tools we have targeted the shop domain to United States, which may be another factor"
That's your problem right there.
If you tell google that your site is aimed towards the U.S market, you will have to put up with "Unites States" next to your site.
Sorry but there is no way around it, that's google for you.
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