6 Ways To Get Traffic From Specific Countries & Increase Your Adsense Earnings

Why is there a need to target specific countries for traffic? Because you earn more if your target audience comes from countries like the United States. Top 10 countries that pay the highest are the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Thailand, UAE, Japan, Switzerland, Italy and China.

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Naturally, after knowing which countries pay higher, you’d want traffic from that country. But how do you do that? We’ll discuss exactly that in this blog post. I target the US and UK apart from my home country, India. Currently, my top 5 countries are India, the US, Vietnam, UK and Indonesia. If money is your major goal when it comes to blogging, I highly suggest targeting the US for your blog’s traffic.

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6 Methods To Get Traffic From Targeted Countries

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1. Domain name

If you are wholly dedicated to grabbing the traffic from one country, the best way is to buy the country-specific domain name extension. For example,co.uk for UK, .au for Australia and .in for India. Country-specific domains will rank higher in their country and a little less in the global searches. The standard domain name extension for global searches is .com and .org.

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2. Server Location

The heading itself gives it way. You need to buy a hosting server that is located in your targeted country. If your target country is the US, your blog or site should be hosted on a US-based server. I bought my hosting from Bluehost which is based in the US. Another option for a US-based server is SiteGround.

Having the server in a specific country will benefit you in various ways. Your site will load faster in that country and search engine bots can detect the location of your server and in turn improve your local search engine rankings.

3. Set the target country in Google Search Console

Google search console is a useful tool that can help you analyse the traffic and audience you reach. There’s an option in Google search console where you can set your targeted country. Login to the search console and go to international targeting in legacy tools & reports.

Click on international targeting and you’ll be redirected to a page where you can choose your target country.

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4. Writing content tailored to your target country

If you have kept your options open and opted for a global domain name extension like .com or .org, there are other ways to target a country. Put the country’s name in the description and meta titles. But do this only when it makes sense. Avoid meaningless stuffing because it will make your post or site look spammy a bit.

The type of language you’re using in your content also establishes which country you’re interested in. The readability of your write-up should be high as it is a major factor that affects the overall SEO score. I use the Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress to keep a check on the readability of my posts while I’m drafting them.

If you think you are not that fluent in the language, you can hire writers for your blog who have the expertise of that country’s language. Everyone knows how important backlinks are, they can be used to get country-specific traffic as well.

For instance, let’s assume your target country is the US. Research and find out sites or blogs in your niche that are run by people from the US. If you get backlinks from these US-based sites, it will help your blog to rank higher in search results in that country. Another way of getting such backlinks is through guest-posting.

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5. Submit your site to local directories

Apart from submitting your site to global directories, try country-targeted directories too. It’s a no-brainer that this will get you more traffic from your target country and increase your Adsense earnings.

Check out this blogpost on Shoutmeloud that shares 131 directories where you can submit your site manually and verify it.

6. Take advantage of Google Trends

Google Trends shows you what are the trending topics in each country and under different categories. Head to Google Trends, select your country and choose the category in which you’re interested. On the right, check the small graph that denotes how the interest of people varies on that piece of trending news.

Draft your blogpost on the trending topics and keywords of your target country. Keywords like Apple and iPhone are more popular in the US or UK as compared to other countries.