Here are a few of the top factors that contribute to international ranking success: • Owning the proper domain extension (e.g., .com.au, .co.uk, .fr, .de, .nl) for the country that your business is targeting • Hosting your website in the country you are targeting (with a country-specific IP address) • Registering with local search engines. — Google — Yahoo — Bing • Having other sites from the same country link to you • Using the native language on the site (an absolute requirement for usability) • Placing your relevant local address data on every page of the site • Defining your preferred region in Google Webmaster Tools
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