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SEO for International projects SEO for International projects
John Hossack CEO [email_address] Twitter @vkistudios Ani Lopez SEO Manager [email_address] Twitter @anilopez seo  for international projects
twitter hash tag #vkiseo seo  for international projects
INDEX 1. Cultural aspects 2. Technical SEO 3. Content localization 4. Link building 5. Web analytics seo  for international projects
Cultural aspects  Cultural aspects pic by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maistora  seo  for international projects
CULTURAL ASPECTS language Internet Top Languages English:  431 million users non-English:  857 million users 1
1 CULTURAL ASPECTS different habits How  regional context  influence your strategy? In  Mediterranean  counties Internet use is driven more by  social factors  than anything else, where  Nordic  countries rely on the internet for more pragmatic,  functional purposes .
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TECHNICAL SEO multicountry multilingual handling Are  IPs by country  important? Not actually (and it is expensive) Country TLD's automatically associated to country Webmastertools help directories-by-country sites to be associate with countries 2
TECHNICAL SEO multicountry multilingual handling 2
TECHNICAL SEO multicountry multilingual handling IPs are not important  if options at Webmastertools are properly set Rank  #1  in Google.pt 'Pages from Portugal' checked, server located in Canada 2
TECHNICAL SEO multicountry multilingual handling Add xml sitemaps by subdirectory/country 2
TECHNICAL SEO multilingual handling Do not mix languages  in same page / directory 2
TECHNICAL SEO multilingual handling Search Engines are great at detecting languages Metatags for language definition are useless <meta http-equiv=&quot;content-language&quot; content=&quot;en&quot;> If used, do it right < html  xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot; xml:lang=&quot;en&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;> Indicate the right charset right after <head> <meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=iso-8859-1&quot; /> 2
TECHNICAL SEO multicountry multilingual handling Entrance page for selecting language or country is a  bad idea , don't make me click/think. Language (browser) / Country (IP) auto detection + redirect to right content is the  best option  using cookies to store user preferences Do it server side, no JS, with proper redirections Double check indexability in all web site or sites 2
Content localization Content localization seo  for international projects
CONTENT LOCALIZATION Google translate is  great tool  but it is the worst idea  to translate keywords / content 3 FAIL !
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3 CONTENT LOCALIZATION  bad solutions
3 CONTENT LOCALIZATION  bad solutions
Link building Link building pic by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ rigmarole  seo  for international projects
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4 LINK BUILDING comp.com/es/ comp.com/es- ar / “ venta mayorista” “ venta al por mayor”
Web analytics Web analytics pic by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/celinesphotographer  seo  for international projects
5 WEB ANALYTICS Global data is nice but useless. Non-segmented data leads you to wrong decisions. Segmentation
5 WEB ANALYTICS Advanced Segments combining Language and Region/Country shows how effective your SEO is
5 WEB ANALYTICS Company having sites for Spain and Latin American countries. Domain by country. Spain's site: How much traffic coming from Latin America? Traffic coming from else where?
5 WEB ANALYTICS Create filter to segment keywords by country specific Search Engines
Thanks ! Questions? John Hossack Ani Lopez [email_address] [email_address] Blog Twitter http://blog.vkistudios.com @vkistudios

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Taking your Website Worldwide - International SEO Webinar

  • 1. SEO for International projects SEO for International projects
  • 2. John Hossack CEO [email_address] Twitter @vkistudios Ani Lopez SEO Manager [email_address] Twitter @anilopez seo for international projects
  • 3. twitter hash tag #vkiseo seo for international projects
  • 4. INDEX 1. Cultural aspects 2. Technical SEO 3. Content localization 4. Link building 5. Web analytics seo for international projects
  • 5. Cultural aspects Cultural aspects pic by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maistora seo for international projects
  • 6. CULTURAL ASPECTS language Internet Top Languages English: 431 million users non-English: 857 million users 1
  • 7. 1 CULTURAL ASPECTS different habits How regional context influence your strategy? In Mediterranean counties Internet use is driven more by social factors than anything else, where Nordic countries rely on the internet for more pragmatic, functional purposes .
  • 8.
  • 9. Tecnnical SEO Technical SEO pic by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/b-tal seo for international projects
  • 10.
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  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14.
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  • 17. TECHNICAL SEO multicountry multilingual handling Are IPs by country important? Not actually (and it is expensive) Country TLD's automatically associated to country Webmastertools help directories-by-country sites to be associate with countries 2
  • 18. TECHNICAL SEO multicountry multilingual handling 2
  • 19. TECHNICAL SEO multicountry multilingual handling IPs are not important if options at Webmastertools are properly set Rank #1 in Google.pt 'Pages from Portugal' checked, server located in Canada 2
  • 20. TECHNICAL SEO multicountry multilingual handling Add xml sitemaps by subdirectory/country 2
  • 21. TECHNICAL SEO multilingual handling Do not mix languages in same page / directory 2
  • 22. TECHNICAL SEO multilingual handling Search Engines are great at detecting languages Metatags for language definition are useless <meta http-equiv=&quot;content-language&quot; content=&quot;en&quot;> If used, do it right < html xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot; xml:lang=&quot;en&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;> Indicate the right charset right after <head> <meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=iso-8859-1&quot; /> 2
  • 23. TECHNICAL SEO multicountry multilingual handling Entrance page for selecting language or country is a bad idea , don't make me click/think. Language (browser) / Country (IP) auto detection + redirect to right content is the best option using cookies to store user preferences Do it server side, no JS, with proper redirections Double check indexability in all web site or sites 2
  • 24. Content localization Content localization seo for international projects
  • 25. CONTENT LOCALIZATION Google translate is great tool but it is the worst idea to translate keywords / content 3 FAIL !
  • 26. 3
  • 27. 3
  • 28.
  • 30.
  • 33.
  • 34.
  • 35.
  • 36. 3 CONTENT LOCALIZATION bad solutions
  • 37. 3 CONTENT LOCALIZATION bad solutions
  • 38. Link building Link building pic by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ rigmarole seo for international projects
  • 39.
  • 40. 4 LINK BUILDING comp.com/es/ comp.com/es- ar / “ venta mayorista” “ venta al por mayor”
  • 41. Web analytics Web analytics pic by: http://www.flickr.com/photos/celinesphotographer seo for international projects
  • 42. 5 WEB ANALYTICS Global data is nice but useless. Non-segmented data leads you to wrong decisions. Segmentation
  • 43. 5 WEB ANALYTICS Advanced Segments combining Language and Region/Country shows how effective your SEO is
  • 44. 5 WEB ANALYTICS Company having sites for Spain and Latin American countries. Domain by country. Spain's site: How much traffic coming from Latin America? Traffic coming from else where?
  • 45. 5 WEB ANALYTICS Create filter to segment keywords by country specific Search Engines
  • 46. Thanks ! Questions? John Hossack Ani Lopez [email_address] [email_address] Blog Twitter http://blog.vkistudios.com @vkistudios