Arabic Keyword Research

[seowoody]

Hi All,

Can anyone recommend good SEOs who specialise in Arabic?

I've had my client's website translated into Arabic but the translation company do not specialise in local keyword research. They've translated literally I think (obviously not being an Arabic speaker, I can't confirm this).

I need someone to review the translated site (only 4 pages so far), with a marketing head on, and ensure it includes the relevant local keywords used in UAE countries.

Will also require deeper keyword research for a Google.ae PPC campaign and Ad copy written in Arabic.

If I fail to find someone here in the moz community I'll head over to oDesk, where I'll find everyone and their mother-in-law proclaiming to be the worlds best Arabic SEO
I like recommendations!

Thanks,

Woody

[Linda-Vassily]

I don't know anything about this myself, but I remember seeing that Econsultancy had a Middle East and North Africa SEO Best Practice Guide; the author's name is Husam Jandal. The landing page says the report talks about keyword selection; maybe someone over there could help you out.

[seowoody]

Hi Linda,

Thanks for sharing this.

At £450.00 just for the PDF report on SEO in Middle East, I think I'll chance my luck and find someone on oDesk who can do the job for less than the cost of the report

Although I'm sure the report would be extremely well written and very useful.

Cheers.
Woody