Zemanta for Foreign Markets

[theLotter]

Hi,

I am interested in using a service such as Zemanta to help with my link building.  However, my primary markets are not in the US.

Does anyone have suggestions for similar options focused on foreign markets?

Also, how much do links from the US benefit other English markets such as UK and AU?

Thanks!

Best,

Sara

[pointblankseo]

I can't help with finding an international alternative to Zemanta, because it's highly specialized and one-of-a-kind, but I can help with the second.

Here's how you should think of international sites. If you have a blog about camping, and you get a link from a site about pets, it's considered irrelevant. Links from international sites are the same way. They'll pass value just like any link, but they won't pass relevancy, so they won't help as much with moving up in your country's SERPs (only from a relevancy standpoint; as I said, they'll still pass value which will help you move up). They'll help a little bit more if it's the same language, but not as much as links from sites in your own country.

Don't worry, I've got proof. I did an experiment. I tried to get an exact keyword match site to rank in Google India getting links from only sites in the US. The result? I ranked great in the US SERPs, but not nearly as well in the Google India SERPs. I still ranked decent (#9 in India, #2 in US), because the links were of the same language (both India and US speak English), but it just didn't have the same effect.