Google, Yahoo! and bing dominate from a global perspective. But some key markets have significant local competition, in some cases beating Google. This presentation highlights the countries and search engines which may require additional research for your global SEO strategy.

1. International SEOSearch Engine Market Share August 2010 Paul Bennett WorldReady.net Statistics from gs.statscounter.com January – April 2010

3. Taiwan

4. Korea

5. Russia

6. NetherlandsWorldReady.net

8. Taiwan WorldReady.net Yahoo! is #1, ahead of Google Baidu’s dominance in China does not carry over to Taiwan

9. Korea WorldReady.net Naver/Google are going head to head Naver passed Google by end of quarter, but gap narrowing again Google ahead in % over the entire quarter bing – 0.36%

10. Russia WorldReady.net Yandex maintains a very strong 2nd place, behind Google bing – 0.88%

11. Netherlands WorldReady.net Google is far out in front – however, a local competitor is beating Yahoo! & bing

12. Summary/Awareness WorldReady.net Google is not the #1 search engine in China (Baidu) or Taiwan (Yahoo!) Significant local competition exists in some key markets:

14. What else do you need to do for these markets where a strong local competitor exists?

16. If your website does less well in the local search engine, your website’s visibility in the market is highly impacted.