International Search Summit London
Managing International Search Marketing in a FTSE100 Company.
A case study on managing international B2B web activities, including SEO and PPC in a large, global business
2. Who Am I?
Global Digital Marketing Manager
@10 years Experience in Digital
International Ecommerce
Ecommerce Agency (Global Clients)
Global B2B (FTSE 100)
@guyredmond
3. Doing Digital
Key to International Success
Going Global
Going Digital
Going Local
Lets be Social
Hey, lets do an app!
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7. „Going Global‟
“To reach 90% of the worlds 2.4 billion Internet users*, companies must
support 21 or more languages...” (Web Globalization Report Card 2012)
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*June 2012 2,405,518,376
9. „Thinking Local‟
Do you currently trade locally?
Do you want to sell online?
Do you support the preferred payment option?
Is you site ready? (£$€¥)
Is your courier ready?
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17. Geo-Targeting example
http://www.apple.com/la/ http://www.apple.com/lae/
http://store.apple.com/mx http://www.apple.com/mx/
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18. Sub domains or Sub folders
Sub domains
http://usa.example.com/
http://usa.example.com/us/
http://usa.example.com/us/en-us/
http://usa.example.com/us/en-us/products/
Sub folders
http://www.example.com/usa/
http://www.example.com/usa/us/
http://www.example.com/usa/us/en-us/
http://www.example.com/usa/us/en-us/products/
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19. Pros and Cons
Sub domains: http://usa.example.com/
Seen as a separate domain
For content on different servers shop.example.com
Can be geo targeted with GWT
When no appropriate ccTLD available (Africa)
Sub folders: http://www.example.com/usa/
Adds value to root domain: example.com
Easy to implement
Not impossible to build links to
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20. ...but what about ccTLDs?
country code Top Level Domains: example.fr
Stand alone domain value
Increases local confidence
More likely to attract local links
Already geotargeted
May require a local presence
Can be expensive to maintain
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21. A Geo-Targeting Tool Kit
1. LocalDomains or ccTLDs
2. Webmaster Tools
3. Server Location
4. Sitemaps, Hreflang Tags & Canonicals
5. Languages
6. Currency & Address Formats
7. Inbound Links
*
*A Geo-Targeting Tool Kit | Andy Atkins-Krüger
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22. „Going Local‟
Localise your SEM strategy
Indentify cultural differences
Understand the local search engines
Localise content, don‟t translate
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26. Hybrid Adwords
Optimize by country, not
language
Research your
keywords, rather than
translating them
Don‟t ignore differences
between dialects:
„Coche‟ is a car in Spain, but
a baby stroller in much of
Latin America!
Christian Arno | SEOmoz
27. Lets Be Social
Understand where your audience is
Define your goals
Listen before engaging
Develop content strategy for each channel
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33. Takeaways
Optimize by country, not language
Target the right search engines
Localise content, don‟t translate
Test, measure rinse and repeat
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34.
35. Thanks for listening...
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http://uk.linkedin.com/in/guyredmond
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Notes de l'éditeur
Offline too
Offline too
2012: 12 languages to reach 80% of the world’s online audience and 21 to reach 90% Common Sense Advisory
2012: 12 languages to reach 80% of the world’s online audience and 21 to reach 90% Common Sense Advisory
2012: 12 languages to reach 80% of the world’s online audience and 21 to reach 90% Common Sense Advisory