Tips for optimizing sites for arabian countries?
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I'm going to assist a customer with SEO and we will also have to optimize the project for arabian countries.
I'm looking for any helpful tips (links, blog-posts, experiences) like relevant search engines, best practices with keyword translation/localization, impact of mobile search/usage, recommendation for partners/companies...
Thank you!
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If you're trying to target other countries with a website that already exists in a different country you'll find it difficult. At the moment it's only really possible to optimise a website fully for one particular country.
Here are some general best practices I'm aware of:
- Host the site in the country you're targeting, with a country-specific domain extension.
- Set geotargeting in Google Webmaster Tools.
- Obtain links from the country/ies you're targeting.
- Use the local language...will the site be in English, Arabic and/or some other languages? If it's a foreign language or even English, it's important to have someone fluent with the local language writing the content, preferably someone aware of cultural differences that may exist if the content is translated.
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