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
(Updated with the latest stats on April 2020) With almost 110 million internet users, equivalent to 75% of the population, Russia comes in at eighth place when looking at internet population size worldwide. With such a massive online population, Russia … Read More
For marketers to get optimal visibility, it is important to match the text of their ad copies with what their prospective customers are typing in the search box, and this is where dynamic keyword insertion comes in. However, this option … 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
Backlinks are an important SEO tool to improve rankings and visibility online, and having a good number of quality backlinks on your website is a sign to search engines that yours is a high-quality site. However, backlinks don’t always come … Read More
An exciting announcement was made in mid-August by Yandex, Russia’s number one search engine. This search giant, which currently holds 60% market share in Russia (with Google lagging behind as the second most popular search engine) revealed an interesting new … Read More
The SEO Show – 1st March 2016 robots.txt files can now be updated faster on Google Webmasters can now ask Google to index and process updated robots.txt files. Previously, if webmasters changed their robots.txt file, they had to wait until … Read More
The Advertising Arena – 26th January 2016 New Bing Ads Editor coming in summer 2016 Bing has announced that the next version of its Bing Ads Editor will be available in summer 2016. The new Bing Ads Editor will be … Read More
A long-awaited change has been introduced to the Yandex Direct interface this week! The new Report Wizard 2.0 is now available on account level and offers many new bulk campaign reporting options. Currently this tool is available in beta version … Read More
The Russian market is an appealing target for many businesses, but the vast cultural and linguistic differences, as well as current economic uncertainty, can prevent them for making the move into the country. Ahead of her session at the International … Read More
Following the extensive number of recent announcements from the Russian search engine, all Yandex.Direct users should be aware by now that some significant changes are coming to the auction format and ad ranking rules. However, it’s one thing to be … Read More
Recently, myself and my colleague Umay Jones had the fabulous opportunity to spend a few days inside the Yandex headquarters in Moscow. We were very surprised by the weather! Moscow can get very cold during the winter (dropping as low … Read More
