HREF Lang

[TheRedPenOfDoom]

If I want to target 5 English speaking countries through my website, would it be any help to add the following hreflang tags -

<link rel="alternate" href="http://www.ex.com/" hreflang="en-in" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://www.ex.com/" hreflang="en-gb" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://www.ex.com/" hreflang="en-us" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://www.ex.com/" hreflang="en-au" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://www.ex.com/" hreflang="en-ca" />

[rainborick]

No. Overall, when you're targeting countries, the far more important factor is geo-location. See Google's article on Working with Multi-Regional Websites [webmasters.googleblog.com].