http://searchenginewatch.com/ Latest News - Michael Bonfils en-us http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Sat, 26 May 2012 01:30:50 GMT http://ukn.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/rss-powered-by.png http://www.ultraknowledge.com/ http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2172161/Baidu-Paid-Organic-Search-Starter-Guide How do start search marketing on Baidu? Here are some tips that provide insights into how to deal with Baidu on the paid search side, as well as what you need to do to be certain that your site is being listed in Baidu’s organic search results. Thu, 03 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2172161/Baidu-Paid-Organic-Search-Starter-Guide Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2157877/Yandex-Tries-to-Solidify-Search-Dominance-Keep-Google-Down-in-Russia How has Yandex continued to hold off Google in Russia? Anton Popov, head of sales and marketing at Yandex, discusses Google vs. Yandex, the continued growth of Yandex, advertising, and implications for marketers in the Russian market. Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2157877/Yandex-Tries-to-Solidify-Search-Dominance-Keep-Google-Down-in-Russia Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2137882/Newest-International-SEO-Challenge-Hreflang-Canonical-Tags Google is telling us that we should use a regional subtag on each URL to help Google’s spider figure out what kind of content is on each page and where it is intended. Google will then consider that the content is intended for that region. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2137882/Newest-International-SEO-Challenge-Hreflang-Canonical-Tags Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2127084/SEO-for-Naver-Koreas-Largest-Search-Engine Naver feels that users can’t be perfectly satisfied with their search intention. Hence, Naver offers the search results of the various areas and categories such as news, Knowledge Q&A, blogs, paid, and data base searches all on the same page. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2127084/SEO-for-Naver-Koreas-Largest-Search-Engine Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2120207/How-to-Launch-an-English-Only-Global-Search-Marketing-Campaign With 350 million speakers, English is still the most widely spoken language of business and international commerce. If you’re thinking of trying out a few markets for your search campaigns, it won’t hurt to do English first as a strategy. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:40:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2120207/How-to-Launch-an-English-Only-Global-Search-Marketing-Campaign Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2105398/5-Options-for-Choosing-a-Country-Region-or-Language-Selector For multinational or international companies, there are many choices when it comes to selectors. What’s most important is that you choose one that fits your business and you pay attention to the impacts it may have to both SEO and usability. Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2105398/5-Options-for-Choosing-a-Country-Region-or-Language-Selector Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2098918/Bada-Bing-Its-Baidu-Bing-English-Search-Marketing-In-China The Baidu-Bing relationship provides a win-win situation for two of the world’s most important search engines. As an exciting new level of cooperation unfolds, here are a couple areas where the budding partnership could impact search marketers. Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2098918/Bada-Bing-Its-Baidu-Bing-English-Search-Marketing-In-China Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2086400/Macys.com-Demonstrate-Ways-to-Fail-with-Your-Country-Selector A friend recently tipped Michael Bonfils off on Macy’s new global strategy for International SEO and he almost fell off his chair. How can the company behind such a well known brand, make such critical mistakes with a global launch? Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:40:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2086400/Macys.com-Demonstrate-Ways-to-Fail-with-Your-Country-Selector Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2076950/Top-5-International-Link-Building-Blunders There are many ways to get international links. Like anything when it comes to link building, it isn't easy. If you know the blunders ahead of time, your odds of actually getting a link will greatly improve. Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2076950/Top-5-International-Link-Building-Blunders Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2070244/Search-Marketing-Guide-to-Naver-Koreas-Most-Popular-Search-Engine If you're considering search advertising in Korea, Naver is not to be ignored. This 12-year-old Korean search engine and portal dominates the pocketbooks of advertisers, having taken in a whopping $679 million in ad sales in 2010, or 72 percent of the tot Wed, 11 May 2011 08:00:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2070244/Search-Marketing-Guide-to-Naver-Koreas-Most-Popular-Search-Engine Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064470/Why-Facebook-is-Wiping-Out-Orkut-in-India-Brazil When Facebook's destruction of Orkut began and why Facebook is driving these massive populations to start using it at such an astonishing rate. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:31:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064470/Why-Facebook-is-Wiping-Out-Orkut-in-India-Brazil Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064939/Global-Strategies-For-Googles-Panda-Update How to prepare your international sites for Google's latest algorithm update. Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064939/Global-Strategies-For-Googles-Panda-Update Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064680/Social-Media-Around-the-World-Current-Trends-and-Future-Growth A look around the globe reveals a diverse social media marketplace and plenty of opportunities for marketers. Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064680/Social-Media-Around-the-World-Current-Trends-and-Future-Growth Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064718/5-Factors-to-Help-You-Identify-the-Best-Global-Search-Markets Why analytics, keyword research data, competition, technical challenges, and e-commerce challenges are the most important factors for identifying potential international markets. Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064718/5-Factors-to-Help-You-Identify-the-Best-Global-Search-Markets Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2049227/International-Search-Marketing-Year-in-Review-2011-Preview Looking back at some of the biggest game changers in our industry and what we can learn from them, as well as trends to watch out for in 2011. Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2049227/International-Search-Marketing-Year-in-Review-2011-Preview Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066494/Choosing-a-Naming-Convention-for-Global-Search-Marketing The pros and cons of ccTLDs, subdomains, subdirectories, IDNs, and RegionalTLDs in international search. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066494/Choosing-a-Naming-Convention-for-Global-Search-Marketing Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2048450/Top-Tips-for-Search-Engine-Marketing-in-Germany-Part-2 Four more SEM/SEO tips to help your efforts in the difficult German market. Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2048450/Top-Tips-for-Search-Engine-Marketing-in-Germany-Part-2 Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2049019/Top-Tips-for-Search-Engine-Marketing-in-Germany-Part-1 These five tips, and a lot of patience, will help your SEM/SEO efforts in the difficult German market. Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2049019/Top-Tips-for-Search-Engine-Marketing-in-Germany-Part-1 Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064682/10-Missed-Opportunities-in-Search-Engine-Marketing-in-Japan-Part-2 More advice for navigating the Japanese market, including: translations, keyword research, search engine optimization, blogs/ social media, and trust/user engagement. Part 2 of 2. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2064682/10-Missed-Opportunities-in-Search-Engine-Marketing-in-Japan-Part-2 Michael Bonfils http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2048806/10-Missed-Opportunities-in-Search-Engine-Marketing-in-Japan Why Japan is the most difficult country to provide both natural search engine optimization and paid search marketing service for. Part one of two. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:01:00 GMT http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2048806/10-Missed-Opportunities-in-Search-Engine-Marketing-in-Japan Michael Bonfils