Also referred to as ccTLDs or country-code specific top-level domains. The world is shrinking and with it the need to support content for more users means supporting more languages. Supporting multiple languages on websites is nothing new, but with...
Your choice can also be between using specific country-code top-level-domains (ccTLDs) for separate websites or using a single generic TLD (gTLDs) to incorporate multiple countries. Score: conditional) ccTLDs do get an additional ranking boost in...
When we look at brands and businesses based out of the U.S.especially in the EU, they’re almost all international and most don’t have independent ccTLDs in the markets they target. However, the rel=alternate hreflang has an advantage that it can be...
This means a Russian domain isn’t as crucial as a Chinese one, but investing in ccTLDs can have other benefit, such as instilling trust by giving your localized site a more genuinely 'local' feel to the visitor.
When asked about the tendency for search engines to ignore multiple pages of similar English content for sites in different countries, using the UK, South Africa, and U.S.as examples, Hunt recommended using ccTLDs, though he notes it’s become less...
On the other hand, if you lost positioning and traffic from all of your global sites, it could be due to your link building tactics, especially if you use a subdirectory structure instead of ccTLDs. If all your global sites have low quality links...
There are two kinds of TLDs: general TLDs and country specific TLDs (ccTLDs). So if you're targeting multiple countries, you should consider obtaining the relevant ccTLDs. Then there are ccTLDs, such as co.uk for the UK, .de for Germany and .ca for...
Additionally, there are more technical challenges such as hosting, ccTLDs, and de-duplicating similar language content. Although utilizing analytics is helpful, it isn't the only solution. In many cases, you may even miss out in markets that have...
ccTLDs Aren't Welcome in Webmaster Central Geo-Targeting! The basis of the recommendation: it's easier to achieve accurate geo-targeting of these markets using Webmaster Central settings -- but Google doesn't allow you to target ccTLDs or local...
The pros and cons of ccTLDs, subdomains, subdirectories, IDNs, and RegionalTLDs in international search. Here's a roundup of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Nov.to 12, as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well as search news...
Organic ranking: Although you can argue that subdirectories and subdomains have benefited you in organic search, search engines do provide a benefit to those with ccTLDs. Please note, these are all in order, meaning that I prefer ccTLDs first over...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced a historic breakthrough, making the "world wide web" finally become a reality as country-related internationalized domain names (IDN) now extend beyond Latin country code...
A business should register ccTLDs in all of the countries in which it plans to develop or have a commercial presence. However, keep in mind that it you still will not be able to submit duplicate in the same language, even if they are on separate...
Domain name news ccTLDs strike back. Last spring, Google figuratively opened up its kimono to programmers around the world, offering free access to its APIs (application programming interface) service.
ICANN and ccTLDs in technical dispute. Until recently, Google's news search has been competent, but less useful than other news-aggregating services such as AllTheWeb's News Search and Yahoo's Full coverage.
ICANN and ccTLDs in technical dispute. Excite's founding and early days is the stuff of Internet legend. The company was founded by six Stanford students who wanted to hang around together after graduation.
A Worldwide Internet - One Country At A Time http://www.isp-planet.com/hosting/2001/cctlds.html 238 country code managers have not signed agreements with ICANN. Excite.com Spared from Extinction SearchDay, Nov.http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday...
