Friday, 6 July 2012

International Link Building - How To Get Global Traffic

By Robert Smith


International link building differs a great deal from link building in only 1 region. Some of the difficulties include different languages, cultures, and the difference in search engines around the world. It is also important to keep in mind that, while you consider your link building to be global, the market that you are targeting will not see it that way. In their eyes, the links are local. Here are some basic steps to worldwide link building.

First, you need to have a clear method for targeting your market. This includes deciding which markets you want to reach and which search engine results you want to come up in. So , as an example, if you've an Italian-written internet site and want to target the Italians in Italy , as well as people who speak Italian in Austria, Switzerland, and France, you can opt to sacrifice showing up in the results from the pages found on servers in Italy, and instead to focus on showing up in the results of any Italian language pages. In this way, you might focus on promoting thru the language, rather than through the nations themselves, although this might also not be what gets you the best results.

What you would probably still want to do is target Italy as your country, because you'll have more possible traffic and you'll still get visitors from those who talk Italian, and do not live in Italy, but use Google.it anyway to look up information.

You'll also want to take into account your internet site's design and structure. There's some controversy about whether local domains or dot coms are better for international web sites, but either one will do well if done right. It's also a smart idea to understand your international reputation. If you are not known outside of your present geographical online foothold, then link building will need more time and effort. It your brand is unrecognized elsewhere, start out with mixing directory submissions and online public relations before you move on. And, naturally, check out the laws in the region that you intend to market in, as they may, and probably will, differ from what you are used to.

Research

As with local marketplaces, you are going to need to do sufficient research. It's important to get a grasp on how competitive the search market is in the area you're targeting. Do a search of your top keywords within the search engines relative to the particular country, and investigate the web sites that come up in those markets. Check out how many links they have, the quality of the links, and where they come from. There are numerous tools that will help you investigate this info, some of the most popular being those of Yahoo. This research will get you as many link prospects as you need to start out. And then you can go from there in your worldwide link building.




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