Domain extensions and SEO: What you need to know
Understand how TLDs, ccTLDs, and branded domains influence rankings, trust, international reach, and more.
Topic: Generic top-level domain
How to use SEO to enhance your visibility within a specific geographic area
Use these geotargeted tactics to optimize your site for local audiences and stand out in regional searches.
International SEO: Everything you need to know in 2025
From technical SEO and content localization, learn to enhance your global online presence and optimize for multiple countries and languages.
Multinational SEO vs. multilingual SEO: What’s the difference?
Dive into the distinct nuances between multinational and multilingual SEO, plus strategies to enhance your website’s international reach.
Study: 56% of Google’s top three positions are held by ccTLDs
An analysis of 1.7 million SERP positions and over 20,000 keywords across 15 markets uncovers global trends in Google’s SERPs.
Google now treats .ai domains as generic top-level domains
That means that Google won't default .ai domains as being geo-specific to Anguilla.
6 SEO considerations for a successful international expansion
Learn key SEO elements to consider when deciding whether going global and entering new markets is right for your business.
5 international SEO tips that don’t include hreflang
Hreflang tags are not enough to ensure a country-specific site ranks in its local market. Follow these tips to boost your international SEO.
Keywords in generic top-level domains won’t help you rank better
Here’s how Google treats every type of TLD.
How Google will shift resources to media search and other tidbits from Gary Illyes’ AMA on Reddit
The Google webmaster trends analyst also touched on topics like the possibility of an Indexing API, whether internal over-linking penalties exist and how the clustering of duplicate pages works.
SearchCap: AdWords interface changing, manual penalties & link building
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Old AdWords interface will be phased out by year-endMay 7, 2018 by Ginny Marvin Google will notify advertisers ahead of the final switch to the new AdWords experience. Link building is […]
Can moving to a new TLD boost search rankings?
One of the big questions in SEO today is how new TLDs (top-level domains), like .LIVE, .NEWS or .ATTORNEY, are affecting search engine rankings. While some believe that .COM domains are the only safe option, Google has insisted that generic top-level domains aren’t at any disadvantage in their search rankings’ algorithm. Rather than […]
Google Explains How It Handles The New Top Level Domains (TLDs)
Google has published the latest on how it handles TLDs -- the new ones, the old ones and the geo-specific ones.
10 Key Takeaways From Meet The Search Engines @ SMX West
Another SMX is in the books! This show definitely had one of the most engaged attendee groups I have ever seen at any conference in recent memory. The polite, attentive search engine marketers weren’t there to just network and enjoy the San Jose sun. They were interested and looking for answers. And on day three […]
Google Wants Love & Amazon Seeking Joy In New Top Level Domain Names
Today ICANN, the organization responsible for administering “top level” domain names on the internet (e.g. dot-com, dot-org, etc) pulled aside the curtain and gave the world a glimpse of proposed new “dot-anything” names, including both the desired domain names and the organization wanting them them. It’s an interesting, and often bizarre collection of names and […]
What The New ICANN Domain Names Mean For Google Rankings & SEO: Nothing
ICANN – the organization in charge of internet domain names – has approved plans that may create hundreds or thousands of new “top level domain names.” I’ve seen some reports already that this will help with search engine optimization. It won’t. It’ll just enrich some new TLD owners at the expense of brands who will […]