International SEO Fundamentals

Attract international visitors to your websites with these SEO tips from David Booth. This course will help viewers develop and implement a successful strategy for international SEO, which is increasingly important given globalization; the localized versions of leading search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo; and the market share of such search engines as Baidu (China), Yandex (Russia), Naver (South Korea), and others.

David reviews global and regional aspects of how to determine target markets and optimize your website for different countries and languages. He then explains the technical elements of international SEO, including how search engines handle multilingual and multiregional content, and which methods to use to let search engines know just whom you’re targeting. Viewers then explore international content strategy and crucial on-page elements and optimization strategies.

Then learn how to perform keyword research—taking into account cultural considerations and local competition. The course moves on to explore such off-site factors as social sharing and link building, and shows how to measure results via a number of SEO-specific tools, as well as Google Analytics.

Topics include:

• Explain why backlinks are so important in both domestic and international SEO.
• Name three countries that have search engines that are more popular locally than Google.
• Determine the purpose of a content delivery network.
• Identify how UTF-8 encoding helps with searches in different languages.
• Recognize situations in which meta tags are useful.
• Apply helpful strategies to increase traffic to your websites.

About the Author

David Booth is a consultant, instructor, and one of the founding partners of Cardinal Path.

A Google Analytics and AdWords Certified Trainer, David’s firm consults on web analytics and marketing. He has spent over a decade advising companies and organizations throughout North and Central America in web design, technology selection and deployment, search engine marketing, analytics and business intelligence, statistical analysis, and conversion testing. David has led seminars, trainings, and sessions focused on web site analytics and search and conversion marketing for audiences ranging from top executives to technical implementation teams. He has been involved in web application development as an engineer and consultant since 1998, beginning his career as a technical marketing engineer with Intel. He also spent two years with the Peace Corps, developing and deploying web sites and web applications to attract grants and international aid for Guatemalan NGOs and local development organizations. David is a Google Analytics, AdWords, and Website Optimizer Certified Trainer, and his firm is a Google Analytics, AdWords, Website Optimizer, and Urchin Certified Partner. David earned his MBA in international management from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and he holds a BS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Beginner
• Video Duration: 1h 59m
• Instructor: David Booth