Digital marketing in the Middle East and Africa in 2024
If you are an international digital marketer with experience targeting the Middle Eastern and African market, then you will know that you cannot treat the vast region of “the Middle East and Africa” as one singular entity. As well as the obvious differences in language between countries, there are also significant variations between countries’ digital […]
10 markets with an unexpected social media landscape in 2024
Social media marketing is an essential part of any holistic digital marketing campaign, but different markets require different social media strategies. This is because the most popular social platforms – where your audience spends their time and engages with brands like yours – differ from country to country, sometimes quite significantly! I recently wrote the […]
6 markets where Instagram is wildly popular
Instagram is hugely popular all around the world. The image-based social platform currently has over 1 billion monthly active users, with the average Instagram user spending 29 minutes on the platform every single day. Its popularity has made it a no-brainer for many brands when it comes to connecting with their audiences via social media […]
6 markets where Google has less than 90% of the search engine market share
When you think of search, you probably think of Google. So synonymous is Google with search, in fact, that people usually say “Google it”, rather than “search for it”! But assuming that Google is the only search engine that matters could lead to you missing out on opportunities. After all, there are multiple countries where […]
7 countries where social media is not what you would expect
If you only have experience of social media in a typical Western country, your mind probably jumps to Facebook first, followed by maybe Instagram or Twitter. But social media looks very different in certain other countries. Some countries have their very own homegrown social networks, and some have unexpectedly found Facebook knocked off the top […]
8 countries with popular local e-commerce sites
Online shopping is popular in many places around the world. However, the most popular e-commerce site can vary from country to country. That is important to know if you are planning on selling your products online to a global audience. This blog post will look at eight countries where the top online shops are local […]
10 surprising facts from Webcertain Search And Social Report 2020
The latest edition of Webcertain Search And Social Report has just been published! It provides the most up-to-date internet penetration, search engine, social media and digital marketing stats and facts from 38 countries around the world. There are lots of interesting insights in there for international digital marketers to digest, but here are the top […]
Head to head: Can linguistic advantages help Yandex beat Google in Turkey?
It was not that easy; just to walk in and become a contender in the Turkish internet market… blatantly squaring off against the virtual-market monopoly of the 15 years-established search engine Google in Turkey….but Yandex was very determined to be successful. Its target is to corner 20-25% of the search traffic, bullish figures when we […]
Yandex üniversite helps Turkish students choose their university
Yandex has just launched Yandex üniversite and this is great news for all Turkish students who would like to access a very extensive online guide they can customise according to what they want to study, for how long and the location they would like to target. Yandex üniversite is a portal that helps millions of […]
Yandex faces Google role reversal in Turkey
Despite great efforts from Google, Yandex has stood firm as the undisputed market leader in Russia, holding 60% of search share in Europe’s largest internet market. Yandex’s success is largely attributed to its superior understanding and manipulation of the complex Russian language, as well as the fact it was ahead of Google in launching a […]