Official Google answer: AdWords allows (and it's pretty accurate) location targeting. Why can't you guys allow multiple country targeting in Webmaster Tools instead of just one?

Question:

AdWords allows (and it's pretty accurate) location targeting. Why can't you guys allow multiple country targeting in Webmaster Tools instead of just one? It would solve an age old problem for webmasters targeting multiple countries.

Google's Matt Cutts answers:

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Question	Views
It's not good for security when I have to ask clients to share their Google credentials with me so I can help edit their Google Places listings. Why doesn't Google Places allow access by multiple users, like Google Webmaster Tools does?	400
Should Hawaii tourist business (that wants to attract visitors from all over the world), specify Hawaii as a geographic target in Webmaster Tools?	297
Geographic targeting using Webmaster Tools.	391
What is the best way to serve different content according to user country IP (legal reasons)?	435
How come the search queries report in Webmaster Tools shows some keywords ranking and when we search them they are nowhere to be found?	351
AdWords keyword tool gives an estimate of search traffic for a specific (or broad) keyword - How much (%) of this traffic do you believe are search marketers, SEOs, analysts and even business owners etc searching their own targeted keywords?	493
Say your index page has been cached by Google and then you change the meta description. How long does it take for a Google bot to recrawl that page?	478
When do you reckon Rich Snippets will be made widely available?	394
We are a pretty big site. We are changing our hosting company in the next few weeks (same country). Should we be scared from an SEO perspective?	529
We still have old content in the index. We block them via robots.txt, use 404 and delete via Webmaster Tools, but Google still keeps it. What can we do to quickly delete content from the index?	463

Question

Views

It's not good for security when I have to ask clients to share their Google credentials with me so I can help edit their Google Places listings. Why doesn't Google Places allow access by multiple users, like Google Webmaster Tools does?

400

Should Hawaii tourist business (that wants to attract visitors from all over the world), specify Hawaii as a geographic target in Webmaster Tools?

297

Geographic targeting using Webmaster Tools.

391

What is the best way to serve different content according to user country IP (legal reasons)?

435

How come the search queries report in Webmaster Tools shows some keywords ranking and when we search them they are nowhere to be found?

351