Multi lingual websites and keywords

[Bev Debrincat]

Hi John

I have a question for you about keywords.

As you know I run a multi-lingual website using ePages technology for a not-for-profit organisation - how do the keywords work where you have several languages?

I have tried to add some keywords in each language.

Are there search engines searching in multiple languages or do they just track strings of letters and not worry about the content or do I just worry about the English keywords?

 

Thanks

Bev

 

Bev DeBrincat
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0419 206 253

[eCorner Group Manager]

Hi Bev,

Yes people using a foreign languages will search on keywords in
foreign languages and they are likely to search using both the
accented and non-accented versions of the words. So your main keywords
should be in each language (with and without accents if your keyboard
can handle it). Following are some tools that you can use to find
foriegn language keywords. ePages provides keyword fields for each
language. Popular search engines will also work with languages such as
Chinese and using a different character set so even in these languages
the keywords are still important.

Hope this helps.

http://www.google.com/language_tools

Digitalpoint Keyword Suggestion Tool.

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/

Overture Suggestion Tool
-Spain
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/?mkt=es
-Japan
http://inventory.jp.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
-Korea
http://inventory.kr.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
-Australia
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/?mkt=au/
-Norway
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/?mkt=no/
-France
http://inventory.fr.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
-Germany
http://inventory.de.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/

Google - AdWords Suggestions

https://adwords.google.com/select/main?cmd=KeywordSandbox

Scandinavian Keywords
http://www.keywordmaker.com/free.asp

Germany Der MetaGer-Web-Assoziator
http://metager.de/asso.html

Spain: Espotting
http://es.espotting.com/popups/keywordgenbox.asp

Italy Keyword Suggestion
http://www.godado.it/k_lookup.vep

On Oct 24, 4:26 pm, "Bev Debrincat" <bev.debrin...@optusnet.com.au>
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