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What's the difference between 'en-gb' and 'en-uk; when choosing Search engines in campaign set up?

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  • Dan-Lawrence
    Dan-Lawrence last edited by Oct 26, 2015, 10:07 AM

    Hi

    What's the difference search engine wise and which one should I choose, i presume GB since covers entire British landmass whereas UK excludes Ireland according to political definition, is it the same according to Google (& other engines) ?

    All Best

    Dan

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    • to909
      to909 Subscriber @LynnPatchett last edited by Apr 30, 2018, 3:29 PM Apr 30, 2018, 3:29 PM

      Looks like this has been a bug since 2011? (When looking at the thread https://moz.com/community/q/uk-and-gb-when-selecting-targeted-engines-in-campaign-management.)

      Jon from Moz said in a comment from 2014 that they would be digging into the problem and updating... but no updates as of today 4/30/2018.

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      • StudentSEO
        StudentSEO Subscriber last edited by Sep 13, 2016, 12:18 PM Sep 13, 2016, 12:18 PM

        Using en-UK is a mistake, should be using en-GB

        http://www.andiamo.co.uk/resources/iso-language-codes

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        • StudentSEO
          StudentSEO Subscriber @Dan-Lawrence last edited by Sep 13, 2016, 12:16 PM Sep 13, 2016, 12:16 PM

          Moz should be using the ISO standard, which is en-GB http://www.andiamo.co.uk/resources/iso-language-codes

          Seems they are confusing matters as well as people.

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          • david-mazepress
            david-mazepress last edited by Feb 25, 2016, 3:15 PM Feb 25, 2016, 3:15 PM

            Thanks for this guys. I was also confused.

            Lynn - When you say GB is the mistake and will be phased out the only confusion here is that with Yahoo and Bing they only offer a GB option and no UK option. So will all GB options be phased out? or just for Google and Google Mobile?

            Thanks

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            • Dan-Lawrence
              Dan-Lawrence @DirkC last edited by Oct 26, 2015, 2:42 PM Oct 26, 2015, 2:42 PM

              No worries Dirk 🙂

              All BEst
              Dan

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              • Dan-Lawrence
                Dan-Lawrence @LynnPatchett last edited by Oct 26, 2015, 2:41 PM Oct 26, 2015, 2:41 PM

                Thats great thanks Lynn, i just had a response from Moz too saying they will phase out GB so use UK ideally

                Thanks everyone 🙂

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                • DirkC
                  DirkC @Dan-Lawrence last edited by Oct 26, 2015, 2:24 PM Oct 26, 2015, 2:24 PM

                  Hi Dan

                  Sorry - my mistake - when I was replying I had the href lang tag in mind. Check the link in Lynn's answer.

                  Dirk

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                  • LynnPatchett
                    LynnPatchett last edited by Oct 26, 2015, 2:42 PM Oct 26, 2015, 1:07 PM

                    Hey Dan,

                    Its a bit confusing and has been for a while! See: https://moz.com/community/q/uk-and-gb-when-selecting-targeted-engines-in-campaign-management. Results should be the same between them anyway but Moz is saying that GB is the mistake and is due to be phased out.

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                    • Dan-Lawrence
                      Dan-Lawrence @DirkC last edited by Oct 26, 2015, 10:27 AM Oct 26, 2015, 10:27 AM

                      Hi Dirk,

                      Thanks so much for confirming that !

                      So is it simply an error that Moz Analytics campaign set up keeps it as an option ?

                      All Best

                      Dan

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                      • DirkC
                        DirkC last edited by Oct 26, 2015, 10:12 AM Oct 26, 2015, 10:12 AM

                        Hi Dan,

                        en-uk doesn't exist - it's en-gb. Check http://microformats.org/wiki/en-uk

                        Dirk

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