Absolutely agree - much easier for link juice to flow down the latter as well. Seeing less and less going for sub-domains now.

Directory structure all the way!

Yes, that is correct Robert - it is a global site but we must get this into Baidu as well.

Thanks,

Andy

I could be wrong on this, and not really related to what I am doing, but I was under the impression that Google knew if content was scraped and then just translated?

Happy to be corrected on this though

Cheers,

Andy

OK because we really don't worry about Google in China, can you foresee any problems in taking content from the UK / US site and just copying it straight to the .cn site?

I am lucky that one of the people working with us is a Chinese national and she is already providing content.

I shall have a look at the link you gave me as well now - thank you Robert. It is exciting and I can't wait to look into this more.

Regards,

Andy

Hey folks,

I am a little out of my depth here because I have never SEO'd a website that is not in English - and especially in China.

I have a few questions that I hope someone can help with?

1. What are the primary SE's in China

2. Are there any specifics with regards Keyword Research

3. Are there any specifics around SEO techniques and climbing up the SERPs?

I know I don't speak Chinese but I will need to be advising.

Thanks,

Andy