You would be forgiven for thinking that Google is the only important search engine in the world. It has become so synonymous with search that many people even use the phrase “Google it”, rather than “search for it”. But it … Read More
Google is the most popular search engine in the world. It is so synonymous with search that we even use the phrase “Google it”, rather than “search for it”. But Google is not the only important search engine in the … Read More
In the world of international SEO, it’s not all about Google. In some countries, other search engines dominate the search landscape. If you want to succeed in these markets, you need to optimise your websites for these search engines. The … Read More
Website speed is something that’s extremely important, not only for SEO reasons (speed is a ranking factor) but also for user experience. According to research by Kissmetrics, 40% of people will abandon a website if it takes more than three … Read More
The online world is increasingly mobile. The number of mobile searches now surpasses the number of desktop searches and this gap is widening all the time. In fact, in many countries, mobile is the most common device that people use … Read More
This blog post was updated on 27 October 2022. If you are targeting the Chinese market, then you need to focus your search marketing efforts on the country’s most popular search engine: Baidu. However, it is important to note that … Read More
(Updated with the latest stats on April 2020) Across most of the world, Google has a monopoly on the search engine market, but not in China. In China, Google has a tiny 1.97% search market share, and local alternatives thrive … Read More
If you’re planning to advertise in China, then you need to know how to make the most of the local search engine, Baidu. Baidu has a variety of tools available to advertisers. However, these tools are very different from what … Read More
Most SEO specialists know about Google’s attitude towards links and how it has changed over the years. However, Google is not the only search engine out there, and it is important that you know how different, international search engines regard … Read More
China offers huge opportunities for international businesses, but it is important to understand the unique Chinese internet landscape, language, culture and present challenges when running a business in China. Today we will highlight some of the common misconceptions and mistakes … Read More
For most businesses, an international strategy will include China – simply because of the size and scale of the opportunity there. Yet from language to culture to the law, this market is vastly different from any other country and success … Read More
For years, Baidu has been perceived as the main channel for paid search in China because of its dominating position in the Chinese online market; however, do we, overseas advertisers, really know how to advertise on Baidu? Baidu is a … Read More
Baidu is the most popular search engine in China, where it has 70% of the search market, and is the second most popular search engine in the world, after Google. Like Google, which has its very own PPC platform called … Read More
The next Chinese New Year will be on Thursday 19th February 2015 and will be the Year of the Sheep. Chinese New Year is celebrated in China, obviously, and also anywhere else in the world with a significant Chinese population. … Read More
Sometimes, you might not want search engines to crawl or index some pages of your website – for example if they contain confidential documents, are only meant for registered users or are out-of-date. Normally, you can achieve this by implementing … Read More
