Category: Korea
Google Korea: We are the 2 Percent
Could a Google / Daum Partnership End Google’s Korea Woes? It’s hardly a stretch to say 2011 has been rough for Google in Korea, but its troubles began well before this year. With such a miniscule share of the Korean search market (2%), it seems as if Google has yet to put its best effort [...]
When to use Subdomains or Subdirectories
Last time when I discussed SEO strategy for multi-regional and multilingual sites, I mentioned briefly the topics of when to use subdomain’s and when to choose subdirectories. Here in this article I will provide some tips regarding choosing subdomains or subdirectories to organize content of your site. How search engines treat subdomains and subdirectories? A [...]
SEO Strategy for Multi-regional and Multilingual Sites
1. Multi-regional and Multilingual Sites If a website explicitly targets its users in different countries/regions, it can be called a multi-regional website, for example, a website that serves people from both Singapore and China. Additionally, a multilingual website obviously means any website that offers content in more than one language, like for example in English [...]
SEO Korea – New Social Network Search Functions on Naver & Daum in Korea
Services on Korean search engines constantly move forward as user trends change. As a consequence Korean SEO is also constantly evolving. One of the most noticeable trends in the internet market in Korea is the increasing use of social networking services and the number of their users. In order to adapt quickly to these new [...]
Useful programs for Social Media Marketing in Korea
In my last post I spoke from a Korean SEO perspective about the booming use of Social Networking Services in Korea with the two main platforms currently in use being Me2Day (which is owned by Naver – Korea’s biggest search engine) and Twitter. With rapidly increasing numbers of people using these services, new programs are [...]
Booming Social Networking Services in Korea
With the booming of social networking service (SNS) platforms like Twitter and Me2Day in the last couple of years in Korea, many Korean SEO’s and Social Media Marketers might be interested to know the differences between the two. These two platforms are similar yet very different in terms of their user bases and membership participation [...]
