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The Good, The
Bad and The
Ugly of
International
SEO
Not just a gimmick!
Italian Director
Spanish technical team
Shot in Italy and Spain
US Cast
Truly International
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly?
In the last 12 months alone, Oban have researched, created and run
projects in 68 different markets.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, every day!
THE GOOD
THE GOOD - LEGO
THE GOOD - AMAZON
GOOD INTERNATIONAL SEO IS:
• Focussed on the customer
• Respectful of culture and language
• Pays attention to the technical implementation
• Understands that people are different
THE BAD
THE BAD – AUTO TRANSLATION
THE BAD – DON’T FORGET OPTIMISATION
THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT
What comes first?
Country code or Language code?
THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT
What comes first?
Language code!
THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT
Know your Country Codes…
EG
KR
CR
HR
THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT
Know your Country Codes…
EG – Egypt
KR – South Korea
CR – Costa Rica
HR – Croatia
THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT
Where is this Hreflang targeting?
hreflang="at-at"
THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT
Website targeting Austria
hreflang="at-at"
AT isn’t a language!
THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT
Arabic Speakers – is this right?
hreflang=“ar-ar"
THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT
Website targeting Arabic Speakers
<link rel="alternate" href="http://example.com/ar"
hreflang=“ar-ar" />
Arabic in Argentina? 2% of the population!
BAD INTERNATIONAL SEO IS:
Hasn’t quite got it right
• - Linguistically
• - Technically
• - Culturally (through content / language)
THE UGLY
THE UGLY - USE THE RIGHT LANGUAGE!
THE UGLY – IP SERVING
Recap – IP Serving uses your IP address to
provide website content in the language of
the country you are in
Many web devs prefer this as an
implementation for international websites!
THE UGLY – IP SERVING
THE UGLY – IP SERVING
UGLY INTERNATIONAL SEO IS:
• Assumes there is nowhere outside the US
• Takes short cuts
• Pisses people off – shows no respect
If your International SEO is Ugly you’ll probably
have to start again!
DOMAIN QUESTIONS
• What do I pick?
• Sub Folder?
• ccTLD?
• Sub Domain?
DOMAIN STRATEGY
Sub Folder ccTLD Sub Domain
• Benefits from
main domain
• Easy to set up
• Automatically
associated with
the right country
• No extra charges
• In country hosting
• Not automatically
seen as target
country
• Yandex and Baidu
• Could be
expensive
• Not automatically
seen as target
country
• Yandex and Baidu
DOMAIN QUESTIONS
• What do I pick?
• One size does not fit all
• Base on your technical set up and
what you already have!
@ObanDigital
The Good, The
Bad and The
Ugly of
International
SEO

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BrightonSEO Keynote: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of International SEO

  • 1. September 2015 @ObanDigital The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of International SEO
  • 2. Not just a gimmick! Italian Director Spanish technical team Shot in Italy and Spain US Cast Truly International The Good, The Bad and The Ugly?
  • 3. In the last 12 months alone, Oban have researched, created and run projects in 68 different markets. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, every day!
  • 5. THE GOOD - LEGO
  • 6. THE GOOD - AMAZON
  • 7. GOOD INTERNATIONAL SEO IS: • Focussed on the customer • Respectful of culture and language • Pays attention to the technical implementation • Understands that people are different
  • 9. THE BAD – AUTO TRANSLATION
  • 10. THE BAD – DON’T FORGET OPTIMISATION
  • 11. THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT What comes first? Country code or Language code?
  • 12. THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT What comes first? Language code!
  • 13. THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT Know your Country Codes… EG KR CR HR
  • 14. THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT Know your Country Codes… EG – Egypt KR – South Korea CR – Costa Rica HR – Croatia
  • 15. THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT Where is this Hreflang targeting? hreflang="at-at"
  • 16. THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT Website targeting Austria hreflang="at-at" AT isn’t a language!
  • 17. THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT Arabic Speakers – is this right? hreflang=“ar-ar"
  • 18. THE BAD – GET YOUR HREFLANGS RIGHT Website targeting Arabic Speakers <link rel="alternate" href="http://example.com/ar" hreflang=“ar-ar" /> Arabic in Argentina? 2% of the population!
  • 19. BAD INTERNATIONAL SEO IS: Hasn’t quite got it right • - Linguistically • - Technically • - Culturally (through content / language)
  • 21. THE UGLY - USE THE RIGHT LANGUAGE!
  • 22. THE UGLY – IP SERVING Recap – IP Serving uses your IP address to provide website content in the language of the country you are in Many web devs prefer this as an implementation for international websites!
  • 23. THE UGLY – IP SERVING
  • 24. THE UGLY – IP SERVING
  • 25. UGLY INTERNATIONAL SEO IS: • Assumes there is nowhere outside the US • Takes short cuts • Pisses people off – shows no respect If your International SEO is Ugly you’ll probably have to start again!
  • 26. DOMAIN QUESTIONS • What do I pick? • Sub Folder? • ccTLD? • Sub Domain?
  • 27. DOMAIN STRATEGY Sub Folder ccTLD Sub Domain • Benefits from main domain • Easy to set up • Automatically associated with the right country • No extra charges • In country hosting • Not automatically seen as target country • Yandex and Baidu • Could be expensive • Not automatically seen as target country • Yandex and Baidu
  • 28. DOMAIN QUESTIONS • What do I pick? • One size does not fit all • Base on your technical set up and what you already have!
  • 29. @ObanDigital The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of International SEO