Did You Configure Your Site for the International Googlebot?

Once every so often, the SEO world is subject to a major shift that shakes its virtual tectonic plates to the core. In January this year, the tremor of this impending quake went unnoticed. This was characterized by a change in the foundational basis of SEO best practices internationally. In January, Google enhanced its Googlebot’s ability to evaluate the way content changes according to a user’s location — denoted by IP address — and the preferred language settings, — through the Accept-LanguageHTTP header. Today, more and more businesses have restructured their websites to be able to serve up content dynamically according to a user’s language or country.