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 […]
Highlights Of Google's Q2 2012 International Performance
Yesterday, Google announced its Q2 2012 financial results. Find below a brief overview of Google’s international performance (note that when subtracting Motorola revenues ($1.3 billion) from the figures, revenues amount to $10.9 billion): Revenue from the U.S. was up 20% year-on-year to $5 billion. Non-U.S. revenue accounted for 53% of Google’s total revenue or almost […]
Google Hreflang, Yandex And International Analytics: Highlights From ISS Seattle
The latest International Search Summit, which took place in Seattle at SMX Advanced last week, featured a wide range of speakers from brands, agencies and search engines, all sharing insights into international search marketing. Here are just a few of topics discussed and tips shared: Hreflang can now be added to XML Site maps This […]
Five Important Findings From 2012 Social Media Marketing Report
Social Media Examiner recently released its 4th annual Social Media Marketing Report. The 42-page report sets out to uncover the “who, what, where, when and why” of social media marketing based on more than 3,800 responses from marketers across different markets (an overwhelming majority of respondents are based in the U.S., though). Here are five […]
Geo-Targeting Tips From Google: Deliver Relevant Local Content
Geo-targeting is always a popular subject at International Search Summit events – its importance for multilingual websites cannot be disputed yet achieving effective geo-targeting across multiple locales and languages proves a challenge for many. Google’s hreflang markup has been developed to improve the targeting of multilingual websites and give website owners the ability to tell […]
Unicode’s massive growth: Will mangled characters soon be a thing of the past?
How long has it been since you last received an email that came out as absolute gibberish? I do not exactly remember myself, but it has been a long time. There used to be hundreds of different encodings for storing and indexing text on the internet. Since these encodings were different, they were not as […]
Google Owns The Global Mobile Space, But For How Long?
Google is dominating the global desktop search marketplace, with its current market share standing at 67%, according to Trefis. While it is good to dominate, it is even better to own – and this is almost what Google does when it comes to global mobile search. According to Statcounter, Google delivers a staggering 97% of […]
New International SEO Challenges – But Help From Google Is At Hand
Geo-targeting is a common problem for organizations with an international website, who are targeting multiple languages and regions around the world. Making sure the right user sees the right content at the right time is the goal – but achieving that is not always easy. How do you ensure that all your UK customers aren’t […]
Google the search engine and why IP is so important when it comes to the algorithm
As a board member of SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Association and a multilingual internet marketer, I need to weigh in on many things when I consult my clients and one of them is what search engine to choose to market through. As a SEMPO board member, I also need to be aware of things […]
Google hit again in Russia as Yandex and Rambler announce partnership
Russian search engine Yandex is not resting on its laurels following its successful IPO last month but continuing to consolidate its leading position in the Russian market through a collaboration with fellow Russian engine Rambler. From 23 June, Rambler will be using Yandex to power its search results, as well as joining the Yandex.Direct ad […]