What's better for SEO for many international markets?

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Published on 2011-03-10T20:45:50Z Indexed on 2011/03/11 0:19 UTC
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Right now, we're working to migrate our company sites for international markets to this scheme

www.company.com/[2 letter country codes]
www.company.com/uk    #for United Kingdom
www.company.com/au    #for Australia
www.company.com/jp    #for Japan
www.comapny.com/      #for united states, and non identifiable.

However, in google webmaster tools, we can geo target each directory, but not the root. If we geo-tag the root with US, all the other markets will inherit.

Is it better to move the US market to /us/ or leave it where it is?

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