SEO effects of blocking all non US traffic?

[davidre]

Hi guys,

I need to know the safest, tried and tested way of blocking all non-US traffic from one of our websites.

I am concerned this maybe considered as cloaking but we do have a very legitimate reason for doing this.

I have seen examples of this in the past but I don’t know what SEO implications there may be.

Many thanks in advance.

[beu]

Hi guys,

I need to know the safest, tried and tested way of blocking all non-US traffic from one of our websites.

I am concerned this maybe considered as cloaking but we do have a very legitimate reason for doing this.

I have seen examples of this in the past but I don’t know what SEO implications there may be.

Many thanks in advance.
Block users by their IP, just don't treat search bots different from other users.