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How To Grow Your Media Business With Regional And Multi-Lingual SEO

 

In a country like India, there are 121 languages which are spoken by 10,000 or more people in which has a population of 121 crores. Just having content in one language does not cut it. Not anymore. The need to strategize to put together a plan to serve readers with content based on the language and region is now more important than ever. Optimize the website content according to the region the reader is in or the language that they prefer consuming information. But coming up with an SEO strategy is where most publishers get stuck. 

Chanpreet Singh has been doing all things SEO for over 2 decades now. In this episode, he will open up his operating playbook so that you can start off with optimizing your SEO strategy.  

India has 121 languages spoken by 10,000 or more people with a population of 121 crores. Having content in one language would never cut it. The need to strategize to put together a plan to serve readers with content based on the language and region is now more important than ever. Optimizing the website content according to the region. But coming up with an SEO strategy is where most publishers get stuck.

In this episode, Chanpreet will open up his operating playbook so that you can start off with optimizing your SEO strategy. 

Important points covered 

  • How should a digital publisher zero down on the languages?
  • What parameter does Google use to identify if a page is targeted for a particular region?
  • Different subdomain or different subdirectory? What performs better and why?
  • Should publishers go multi-lingual, multi-regional, or does it make sense to optimize it for both? 
  • How should one optimize for multilingual search? 
  • What are the things that need to be in place before starting off with off-page SEO?
  • How should publishers mitigate duplication content?
  • How should one measure and track if their regional content is performing well?
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Chanpreet

Chanpreet Singh

Head Data Analytics, Network18 Media & Investments Ltd.

My professional experience spans over 20 years split into 15 years of the Digital Media industry and initial 5 years with different industries and functions like Sales and Customer service.In the Digital Media experience I have donned two hats - namely Analytics and SEO. Started with Digital Analytics way back in 2006 at Times Internet Limited, and entered the SEO field in 2008. I have also worked with AOL Inc handling Analytics, SEO and SEM functions from 2010 to 2014 before rejoining Times Internet in 2014. I have been with Network18 Digital since 2018 where I head Analytics and SEO functions.I believe that the Digital industry is ever changing it required a consistent cycle of learning and unlearning. As my unique advantage, I have experience working with diverse teams handling projects on Analytics, digital platforms and marketing (SEO/ SEM), across concurrent initiatives and multi-site operations.

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