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    • Ravi_Rana
      Ravi_Rana Subscriber last edited by

      I have a website which I want to rank in UK, NZ and AU and I want to keep my domain as .com in all the countries. I have specified the lang=en now what needs to be done to rank one website in 3 different English countries without changing the domain extension i.e. .com.au or .com.nz

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      • radonmedia
        radonmedia last edited by

        The best way to rank a website in different countries may vary depending on your target market and specific targeting strategy. Some general tips that might help include increasing keyword density and including relevant keywords throughout your content, creating high-quality images and videos, focusing on user experience (UX), investing in social media marketing strategies, developing positive customer reviews and ratings, using effective link building practices, and engaging with potential customers through email campaigns or social media posts.
        Use Google's Search Console to see how you're ranking against your competitors in different countries so that you can fine-tune your SEO tactics accordingly. Remember that it takes time for search engines to adjust their algorithms.
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        • petropartners
          petropartners last edited by

          You have to target each country step by step.

          Let' say you want to rank in UK.

          • First, you have to search out on which Keywords you want to rank on and then then you'll embed those Keywords in your content. The lesser the KD the more it'll be easier for you to rank.

          • Then, you need to create backlinks on that particular Keywords keeping in mind the anchor text. Let's "oil and gas training courses in Dubai". First, you'll check its KD and then you start to embed this in your content on specific places and will build proper backlinks on this anchor.

          • And do proper interlinking of your articles.

          and that's it you'll start seeing results in almost 1- 2 months depending upon your keyword difficulty.

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          • indigoextra
            indigoextra last edited by

            I would recommend the following:

            • list item Ensure you can choose the correct currency in each language. No one will purchase something in the UK if prices are in New Zealand Dollars.

            • list item Detect the country to determine currency and postage options. This way visitors will spend longer on your site, which is an important part of ranking.

            • list item Mention the countries you're targeting once on each page. This called be 'free delivery in the UK, New Zealand and Australia' for example.

            • list item Write specific blog posts targeting your core keywords plus one of the countries only. This way you have different landing pages for each keyword. Include plenty of links to and images of products in your blog.

            • list item Consider creating 3 'Best selling items by country' pages. This way you also have unique landing pages for each country.

            • list item Ensure you don't mention currencies or countries by default in your metatags if you're using cookies to change them.

            I hope this helps! You can see some additional tips on https://www.indigoextra.com/blog/international-seo.

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            • Fabian001
              Fabian001 @Ravi_Rana last edited by

              Hi @Ravi_Rana , this gets a little tricky as your content will likely not be localised. Off the top of my head, 3 things you can do are:

              1. Have a section dedicated to your product/service for each country on all pages.
              2. Get backlinks from local websites in each country, anchor text should include the country name. Also list yourself on local directories.
              3. Use local biz schema to list your office/store in each country.

              ^as with SEO in general, this ideas are subjective. If you are not in a competitive niche and have gathered sufficient authority, then you may not need all to take all these extra steps.

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              • Ravi_Rana
                Ravi_Rana Subscriber @Fabian001 last edited by

                Hi, @Fabian001 thanks for your time and I really appreciate your response. I was discussing with the team and they said since all the countries are English, we will not create the sub folder i.e. xyz.com/au or xyz.com/nz we will keep the domain xyz.com only. What can be done in this situation?

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                • Fabian001
                  Fabian001 @Ravi_Rana last edited by

                  @Ravi_Rana if you are retaining the .com domain, then I recommend creating sub folders for each country. Duplicate your website's content and localise the content. Then use hreflang tags formatted as language - country.

                  Example for your UK page variant, would have hreflang tags as follows:
                  <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-au" href="https://example.com/au/" />
                  <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-nz" href="https://example.com/nz/" />

                  Also do insert 1 more hreflang tag for x-default, pointing to the default page to be shown to users outside of these 3 countries.

                  Do really localise the content as its possible that Google ignores your hreflang tag if the content is too similar.

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