Comments on: Excuse my French: How to choose keywords for your regional market http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/10/excuse-my-french-how-to-choose.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dive The Web » Archive du blog » Comment choisir vos mots-clés pour un marché régional? http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/10/excuse-my-french-how-to-choose.html/comment-page-1#comment-43362 Dive The Web » Archive du blog » Comment choisir vos mots-clés pour un marché régional? Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:40:50 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wp_import/2006/10/excuse-my-french-how-to-choose-keywords-for-your-regional-market.htm#comment-43362 [...] Mais aujourd’hui, nous avons de la chance: Anne-Marie Castonguay partage avec nous quelques trucs très pratiques, entre autre, pour le marché québécois. Donc à lire rapidement : Excuse my French: How to choose keywords for your regional market. [...] [...] Mais aujourd’hui, nous avons de la chance: Anne-Marie Castonguay partage avec nous quelques trucs très pratiques, entre autre, pour le marché québécois. Donc à lire rapidement : Excuse my French: How to choose keywords for your regional market. [...]

]]> By: Johannes http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/10/excuse-my-french-how-to-choose.html/comment-page-1#comment-870 Johannes Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:33:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wp_import/2006/10/excuse-my-french-how-to-choose-keywords-for-your-regional-market.htm#comment-870 AOL Germany uses IP adresses registered to their German branch, just as well as every other American internet service provider in Germany. I guess this is probably similar in most other countries, so this may not be as big of a problem as you think. On my German-language-only web site, 99.9% of users are correctly identified by Google Analytics as coming from Germany, and the remaining 0.1% might really be in a foreign country. Also, there is another criterion that search engines can use to determine which language the user speaks: The accept-language header a user's web browser sends with every request. In fact, if I type in google.com in my browsers address bar, it automatically redirects me to google.de. So if someone types in an English word in the German version of Google, in most cases it will be a German-speaking person searching for an English word. The 831 vs. 1035 searches figure given by Overture seems quite plausible to me. According to wikipedia, Quebec has a population of about 7.6 mln people. There are probably more than 7.6 mln french-speaking people in all of the US. Also, it's quite plausible the many people in Quebec search for English terms as they expect there will be more results for them - at least that's what a lot of people do in Germany. AOL Germany uses IP adresses registered to their German branch, just as well as every other American internet service provider in Germany. I guess this is probably similar in most other countries, so this may not be as big of a problem as you think. On my German-language-only web site, 99.9% of users are correctly identified by Google Analytics as coming from Germany, and the remaining 0.1% might really be in a foreign country.

Also, there is another criterion that search engines can use to determine which language the user speaks: The accept-language header a user’s web browser sends with every request. In fact, if I type in google.com in my browsers address bar, it automatically redirects me to google.de. So if someone types in an English word in the German version of Google, in most cases it will be a German-speaking person searching for an English word.

The 831 vs. 1035 searches figure given by Overture seems quite plausible to me. According to wikipedia, Quebec has a population of about 7.6 mln people. There are probably more than 7.6 mln french-speaking people in all of the US. Also, it’s quite plausible the many people in Quebec search for English terms as they expect there will be more results for them – at least that’s what a lot of people do in Germany.

]]> By: Bookworm SEO http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/10/excuse-my-french-how-to-choose.html/comment-page-1#comment-869 Bookworm SEO Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:49:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wp_import/2006/10/excuse-my-french-how-to-choose-keywords-for-your-regional-market.htm#comment-869 Great article from a fellow Quebecker! I can see why Rand thinks we're so numerous in SEO lol. I appreciate the tip about going to forums and blogs etc. This limits you to online sources, though. You can also read trade publications and textbooks if the topic is broad enough to have any. Yet another source can be ads in magazine and elsewhere. For example, in my domaining, I recently found a popular dental keyword available, that I only knew from picking up a dental magazine. Another point is that, assuming the titles are descriptive, you can save time by just reading over the table of contents. P.s. You should check out Yulbiz, if you're in Montreal, Anne-Marie and Michelle! Cafe Melies sur St-Laurent (le cafe d'Ex-Centris). Great article from a fellow Quebecker! I can see why Rand thinks we’re so numerous in SEO lol.

I appreciate the tip about going to forums and blogs etc. This limits you to online sources, though. You can also read trade publications and textbooks if the topic is broad enough to have any. Yet another source can be ads in magazine and elsewhere. For example, in my domaining, I recently found a popular dental keyword available, that I only knew from picking up a dental magazine.

Another point is that, assuming the titles are descriptive, you can save time by just reading over the table of contents.

P.s. You should check out Yulbiz, if you’re in Montreal, Anne-Marie and Michelle! Cafe Melies sur St-Laurent (le cafe d’Ex-Centris).

]]> By: Michelle Marsolais http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/10/excuse-my-french-how-to-choose.html/comment-page-1#comment-868 Michelle Marsolais Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:53:00 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wp_import/2006/10/excuse-my-french-how-to-choose-keywords-for-your-regional-market.htm#comment-868 Very Interresting! Very Interresting!

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