No international targeting option showing in GWT?
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Hi for some strange reason for one of our sites the international targeting option to select what country to target in GWT is not showing.
Usually it shows up like this:
http://s9.postimg.org/bkxkkrafi/screenshot_1672.jpg (this is a different site we have in GWT).
But it shows up like this:
http://s16.postimg.org/im1ysd5z8/screenshot_1673.jpg
With no way to change country targeting.
My permission level is set as: Owner and are verified.
Any ideas on why its not showing up?
Cheers,
Chris
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Your domain is already ccTLD. Also in HTML you have code as:
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The domain you are using is .com.au - which is by default geo targeted to Australia. It's not possible to change that. Geo targeting is only possible for generic top level domains; check the list here: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1347922?hl=en
Edit: The general info on geo targeting in the search consolecan be found here: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/62399?hl=en
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