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What I learn working across markets, in French, English and German: international SEO, multilingual content, migrations, and what AI answers say along the way.

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Translation comes fourth: what to get right before you sell in a new market

Translating your site settles the language question, not the market one. The three checks that come first, and why the order is the strategy.

28 September 2026 · 6 min read

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  1. International SEO
    28 September 2026 · 6 min read

    Translation comes fourth: what to get right before you sell in a new market

    Translating your site settles the language question, not the market one. The three checks that come first, and why the order is the strategy.

  2. AI visibility
    22 July 2026 · 10 min read

    AI Overviews launched in France. Here's what the markets that went first already know.

    Google launched AI Overviews in France on 22 July, ahead of schedule and without a publisher deal. What Germany, Italy and the US data already tell us.

  3. International SEO
    6 July 2026 · 8 min read

    International SEO Readiness: What to Establish Before Your Market Entry Brief Goes Out

    Some international SEO strategies fail before they start. What to establish before the brief is written: demand fit, market knowledge, local authority.

  4. AI visibility
    22 June 2026 · 10 min read

    International GEO: why multi-market brands need a different framework

    Most GEO advice was built for single-market, English-language brands. Across several markets, that covers 30% of the problem. Here’s the other 70%.

  5. International SEO
    22 May 2026 · 5 min read

    Ten years of not compromising: what I actually believe about international SEO consulting

    Ten years independent: what I’ve learned about international search strategy that I’d stake my reputation on. No frameworks to download, no listicles.

  6. International SEO
    8 December 2024 · 5 min read

    Digital Expatriation: A Framework for International SEO

    Transform your SEO approach with Digital Expatriation, a framework designed to help brands resonate with audiences in any market.

  7. AI visibility
    2 November 2023 · 6 min read

    How structured data is paving the way for AI-generated search

    How structured data and AI work together, as discussed at Google Search Central Live Zürich 2023, and what that means for search engines and businesses.

  8. Talks and teaching
    4 September 2023 · 3 min read

    Search with Candour feature: My Take on International SEO and Freelancing

    Highlights from my appearance on the Search with Candour podcast: international SEO, freelancing, and working with clients from many backgrounds.

  9. AI visibility
    10 February 2023 · 5 min read

    Understanding and using AI for international SEO

    AI handles hreflang and schema well. It fails on cultural nuance. A practical breakdown of where AI tools help in international SEO and where they mislead.

  10. SEO strategy
    3 August 2022 · 3 min read

    Podcast: SEO strategies that stand the test of time

    A 2022 podcast on long-term SEO strategy: keywords, timelines, reacting to algorithm updates, and what has changed since. Key points from the episode.

  11. Talks and teaching
    1 August 2022 · 1 min read

    French technical SEO round table, SEO Kitchen Show (Oncrawl)

    Replay of the Oncrawl SEO Kitchen Show round table on French technical SEO: what technical SEO is, its role in a strategy, current trends and tools.

  12. SEO strategy
    14 June 2022 · 2 min read

    Semrush #SEOThread: search intent for product pages

    I took over the Semrush #SEOThread on Twitter to write about using search intent to optimise product pages. The key points, with links.

  13. SEO strategy
    2 March 2022 · 3 min read

    Picture perfect! 📸 Increasing relevant traffic for an independent photographer

    How an independent photographer used tailored SEO to grow relevant organic traffic and local visibility, and win more of the clients she wanted.

  14. Talks and teaching
    30 October 2021 · 10 min read

    Teaching digital marketing at EM Strasbourg, 2021/2022

    A second-year digital marketing class at EM Strasbourg Business School: how websites work, how users behave online, and the core of digital strategy.

  15. SEO strategy
    9 November 2018 · 2 min read

    Content repurposing: recycle content you already have!

    Content repurposing: how to recycle the content you already have into new formats and channels, instead of starting every piece from scratch.

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