Ranking in other countries.

[felku]

Recently I started to make good rankings in google.com but I was wondering how I can rank in other countries. It is possible rank with the same site or I have to setup a site with the country extension.

[GaryTheScubaGuy]

Recently I started to make good rankings in google.com but I was wondering how I can rank in other countries. It is possible rank with the same site or I have to setup a site with the country extension.

If your main domain has any PR (trust and authority) I would create subdomains as the primary domain will pass this down to the new subdomains immediately and you can rank from day one.

From this point you could also create new A addresses and host each in its respective country which will also help.

Other things you can do to enhance the rankings is to set geo-targeting in Google Webmaster Central tools to your target region/country/state/city.

Meta tags (using your target area in the description), physical addresses and even GPS meta tags can also be used as well.

ccTLD's (e.g. .es, .be, .ro, etc.) are starting to show up in the top results but not more than geotargeting as of yet. If you can get the ccTLD's go ahead and get them and when they start to dominate (in some countries this is already occurring) you can always migrate everything over and 301 the subdomain and transfer any back links and traust and authority on to the ccTLD.

GaryTheScubaGuy

[thebookiesoffers]

a few simple things you could do and i'll use the example you are going to target spain.

get hosted by a spanish host with servers in spain
get the .es or whatever spain is
get links from (related) spanish sites
have spain in the title and description
as gary said, use webmaster tools to target spain if you don't have the .es tag (if you do it should be automatic)
write it in spanish

those tips are mainly for a new site but like gary said again you could create a sub domain and use most of the above i.e spanish links etc

[rak]

I've heard you can also create a subdomain on that .com domain, and geotarget the subdomain to the country u want it to appear in, in google webmaster tools.

Although I think it would be easier to ranking by using the ttl domain ext of the country u want to target.

[felku]

If your main domain has any PR (trust and authority) I would create subdomains as the primary domain will pass this down to the new subdomains immediately and you can rank from day one.

From this point you could also create new A addresses and host each in its respective country which will also help.

Other things you can do to enhance the rankings is to set geo-targeting in Google Webmaster Central tools to your target region/country/state/city.

Meta tags (using your target area in the description), physical addresses and even GPS meta tags can also be used as well.

ccTLD's (e.g. .es, .be, .ro, etc.) are starting to show up in the top results but not more than geotargeting as of yet. If you can get the ccTLD's go ahead and get them and when they start to dominate (in some countries this is already occurring) you can always migrate everything over and 301 the subdomain and transfer any back links and traust and authority on to the ccTLD.

GaryTheScubaGuy

Good information here. I have a question what is ccTLD? Right now my ranks are improving in google.com and I also rank #2 for a log tail keyword but I want to target other regions also.

[GaryTheScubaGuy]

[QUOTE=thebookiesoffers;673765]a few simple things you could do and i'll use the example you are going to target spain.


I agree. I forgot to include links from ccTLD's...very important. At least 20-30% of your links should be from .es (or whatever your target region is)

To be fair I have better results from .com's regardless of their region for now. Links from ccTLD's and owning the ccTLD along with appropriate WMC geotargeting settings and GPS metas, they have proven to be worth the time. In the future ccTLD's will be significant but for now the aged TLDs are the performers. I create subdomains with all the regional metas in place, translate the content via Google translate and do all the necessary stuff like hosting, geotargeting, GPS metas and the like and let it sit until that time comes.

Search

[GaryTheScubaGuy]

Ps. If you acquire these ccTLD's put a free wordpress blog with a custom(CSS) RSS feed to slither through the 'freshness update' or at the least a blogspot that you update regularly.


This will payoff for the 10 minutes a day you spend on it.

[GaryTheScubaGuy]

Good information here. I have a question what is ccTLD? Right now my ranks are improving in google.com and I also rank #2 for a log tail keyword but I want to target other regions also.

Country Code Top Level Domain.

Google.com

[GaryTheScubaGuy]

I've heard you can also create a subdomain on that .com domain, and geotarget the subdomain to the country u want it to appear in, in google webmaster tools.

Although I think it would be easier to ranking by using the ttl domain ext of the country u want to target.

I think that was me Mate to one of your previous posts? I think I said the same thing on that thread...not yet, but prepare and it will. The rankings just aren't showing that its a significant factor. I do Intrnational SEO for years and I've seen (at best) a 15-20% saturation of ccTLD's globally except for longtail and language specific queries that aren't targeted by mainstream TLD's.

Don't get me wrong...they will...but not right now.

[felku]

Ok, thanks. I'm kinda confuse in how I will try do this. I don't know if doing the subdomain its the best idea or getting the ccTLD

[GaryTheScubaGuy]

If you rank for your existing website use subdomains. If you don't then go after ccTLD's and go for a 2:8 back link ratio (.com:your_region) but don't expect significant results for some time.

If your site has been up for around 2 years use the subdomain route but still buy the ccTLD's whilst you can get them.

[GaryTheScubaGuy]

One more thing, use a social bookmarking tool like Onlywire, a service like WLMarketing or buy a program like SENukeX and use them on whatever you do. (But that didn't come from me!)

[thebookiesoffers]

why not put your site up on the thread mate and the other area you want to target and we can have a look and advise, pm if you don't want to put the info up on here

[casinorecommender]

Hi Felku

Let me explain you a story then you make your decision as you wish;

One of my sites ( http://interwettenlivescore.com ) is in German. But Google qualifies this site as Turkish on SERPS.. the main KW on SERPS is "canli skor" which is "live score". The interesting thing is that, there is not any Turkish word in the site.. Clue for this situation is translate service of Google think of it. So shortly (in my opinion) you do not need to do anything. it is an automatic process. Just be strong in your own language and left the other things to Google.

[felku]

Hi Felku

Let me explain you a story then you make your decision as you wish;

One of my sites ( http://interwettenlivescore.com ) is in German. But Google qualifies this site as Turkish on SERPS.. the main KW on SERPS is "canli skor" which is "live score". The interesting thing is that, there is not any Turkish word in the site.. Clue for this situation is translate service of Google think of it. So shortly (in my opinion) you do not need to do anything. it is an automatic process. Just be strong in your own language and left the other things to Google.

Thanks for the information, unfortunately for me I will sell the site due to a situation that I have right now but eventually I will create more sites and I will test a few things.

[casinorecommender]

i see what is the price you want ? Take care

[felku]

I don't know too much about prices, I put the site for selling in PAL to see what I can get for the site.

[casinorecommender]

I see just let me know if you can not sell and i can help if i can

[felku]

I see just let me know if you can not sell and i can help if i can

Thanks

[casinorecommender]

You are welcome sir