BOOK 2
STARTING THE GLOBAL DIGITAL JOURNEY: How to create the best international web strategy
This second book of The Digital Exporter Series will help you start selling online internationally by making your e-commerce findable in your target foreign markets. It means that your website can be found easily by your foreign prospects on the local search engines they use in their country.
This book walks you through all the specific Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques you need to make sure your website is loved by search engines around the world!
In GETTING CLIENTS OVERSEAS, ORGANICALLY: How to set up local, international & global SEO, you will find:
CHAPTER 1: GOOGLE, CHROME, EDGE, BING, OPERA... HOW TO FIND YOUR WAY AROUND
BROWSERS AND SEARCH ENGINES: A TALE OF TWO CONCEPTS
WHAT IS A BROWSER?
WHAT IS A SEARCH ENGINE?
CHAPTER 2: PANDA, PENGUIN, COLIBRI, RANKBRAIN ... THE EVOLUTION OF GOOGLE’S ALGORITHM
ONE, TWO, …, N ALGORITHMS
HISTORY OF MAJOR GOOGLE ALGORITHM CHANGES
CHAPTER 3: WHY IS SEO IMPORTANT FOR DIGITAL EXPORT SALES?
HOW SEO HELPS EXPORT
DOES EVERYBODY USE GOOGLE?
THE LANGUAGES OF SEARCH ENGINES
CHAPTER 4: LOCALIZED SEO VS. INTERNATIONAL SEO
SEO ISSUES FOR EXPORT SALES
THE FEATURES YOU NEED TO CONSIDER
SOME OPERATIONAL DIFFERENCES
CHAPTER 5: DOMAIN NAMES FOR EXPORT
GOING BEYOND .CO.UK, .DE, .IT, OR .COM
YOUR BRAND OR YOUR KEYWORDS?
CHAPTER 6: THE TYPES OF WEBSITES AND DOMAIN STRUCTURES FOR EXPORT SALES
GOOGLE UNIVERSAL ANALYTICS (G THE THREE TYPES OF WEBSITES FOR EXPORT SALE
THE THREE DOMAIN STRUCTURES FOR EXPORT SALESUA)
CHAPTER 7: WEBSITE TARGETING ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCALE
WEBSITE TARGETING, WHAT IS IT?
COUNTRY TARGETING OR LANGUAGE TARGETING?
THE CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL TARGETING
CCTLD VS. GTLD
CHAPTER 8: THE TECHNIQUES TO TARGET BY COUNTRY
TARGETING BY COUNTRY WITH CCTLDs
TARGETING BY COUNTRY WITH A GTLD AND SUB-DIRECTORIES
SOME OTHER TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE TARGETING BY COUNTRY
CHAPTER 9: THE TECHNIQUES TO TARGET BY LANGUAGE
TARGETING BY LANGUAGE WITH CCTLDs
TARGETING BY LANGUAGE WITH A GTLD AND SUB-DIRECTORIES
TARGETING BY LANGUAGE WITH A GTLD AND SUB-DOMAINS
SOME OTHER TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE TARGETING BY LANGUAGE
CHAPTER 10: SOME FINAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT SEO FOR TARGETING BY COUNTRY OR BY LANGUAGE
SEO FOR A WEBSITE TARGETING BY COUNTRY
SEO FOR A WEBSITE TARGETING BY LANGUAGE
CHAPTER 11: BOOST SEO INTERNATIONALLY: ON-PAGE SEO
HOW TO IMPROVE ON-PAGE SEO FOR INTERNATIONAL SALES
MAKING SURE THAT YOUR WEBSITE IS ACCESSIBLE TO GOOGLE’S FOREIGN BOTS
MAKING SURE THAT YOUR WEBSITE IS ACCESSIBLE TO YANDEX, BAIDU, AND OTHER SEARCH ENGINES’ BOTS
CHAPTER 12: BOOST SEO INTERNATIONALLY: OFF-PAGE SEO
HOW TO IMPROVE OFF-PAGE SEO FOR INTERNATIONAL SALES
INTERNATIONAL ‘LINK JUICE’
GETTING BACKLINKS IN YOUR EXPORT MARKETS
CHAPTER 13: BOOST SEO INTERNATIONALLY: SOME DOS & DON'TS
THE DOS & DON’TS OF INTERNATIONAL SEO
ARE AUTOMATIC TRANSLATIONS BAD?
CHAPTER 14: BOOST SEO INTERNATIONALLY: EFFECTIVE KEYWORDS
KEYWORDS AND THE LONG-TAIL FOR EXPORT
FIND EFFECTIVE KEYWORDS FOR EXPORT MARKETS
SOME FREE OR PAID TOOLS
CHAPTER 15: BOOST SEO INTERNATIONALLY: SEMANTIC WEB AND STRUCTURED DATA
THE SEMANTIC WEB AND ITS STRUCTURED DATA
HOW TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO AN INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE
CHAPTER 16: BOOST SEO INTERNATIONALLY: THE ‘HREFLANG’ AND ‘META’ TAGS
THE PROBLEMS OF DUPLICATE CONTENT IN INTERNATIONAL WEBSITES
THE ‘HREFLANG’ TAG: HOW DOES IT WORK?
CHAPTER 17: BOOST SEO INTERNATIONALLY: THE IMPACT OF THE SMARTPHONE
THE SMARTPHONE ABOVE ALL, EVERYWHERE
‘MOBILE FIRST’ OR ‘INTERNATIONAL FIRST’?
AN INTERNATIONAL ‘MOBILE FRIENDLY’ DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 18: BOOST SEO INTERNATIONALLY: MIGRATIONS AND REDIRECTIONS
DOMAIN MIGRATION
MIGRATING A LOCAL WEBSITE TO AN INTERNATIONAL ONE
CHAPTER 19: SEO BEYOND GOOGLE: BAIDU, YANDEX, NAVER, BING/YAHOO!
EXPORTING TO CHINA WITH BAIDU
EXPORTING TO RUSSIA WITH YANDEX
EXPORTING TO SOUTH KOREA WITH NAVER
EXPORTING WITH BING AND YAHOO!
CHAPTER 20: A FEW FINAL TIPS: COSTS, ORGANIZATION, AND … TIME!
HOW MUCH DOES DIGITAL COST INTERNATIONALLY?
INTERNATIONAL WEB MARKETING COSTS
THE IMPACT OF CTR IN AN INTERNATIONAL WEB MARKETING BUDGET
HOW TO GET ORGANIZED FOR INTERNATIONAL WEB MARKETING
HOW LONG TO WAIT FOR RESULTS
HOW DIGITAL DARWINISM CAN STRENGTHEN EXPORT
FINAL THOUGHTS
SOME PRACTICAL DATA
TOOLS TO ANALYZE THE SEO PERFORMANCE ACCORDING TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF INTERNET USERS
CHROME EXTENSIONS TO ANALYZE SEO PERFORMANCE
GOOGLE’S TOOLS
TOOLS TO ANALYZE STRUCTURED DATA
TOOLS TO CHECK THE MOBILE PERFORMANCE
TOOLS TO CHECK BACKLINKS PERFORMANCE
FREE TOOL TO FIND OUT WHICH TOOLS YOUR COMPETITORS USE
GOOGLE SEARCH OPERATORS
