A detailed experimental investigation of the influence of the specimen geometry on the transverse magnetoresistance has been made. Differentiation between the bulk properties and the geometrical contributions has been accomplished. It was found that the enhancement of the magnetoresistance effect in rectangular elements is due to the Hall effect rather than to its absence and that the bulk property has anH2relationship while the geometry effect is linear withHand inversely proportional to the length‐to‐width ratio.