Latest reports revealed that Facebook and the Chinese search company "Baidu" are considering a deal for a new social Network in China.

As of March 31st 2011, Facebook had as many as 664 million subscribers worldwide, meaning that one third of worldwide internet users are signed up to Facebook.

The creation of the new Chinese networking platform would mean another big step in Facebook's attempt to conquer the world.

International SEO can be complex at the best of times. Targeting an unfamiliar market can raise all kinds of obstacles – language barriers, cultural differences and religious differences to name but a few. So what happens when a bilingual demographic gets thrown into the mix? In many parts of the world different cultures are coming together to form a substantial percentage of a nation's population. Britain has a large Asian population (as does Canada), Spain has a large British population, and Italy has a large Eastern European population. With such a merging of nationalities cross cultural influences are inevitable and this can blur the lines when it comes to online marketing.

If you were to search online for the term „Panda‟, up until March 2011 you would have received the following results (as provided by Wikipedia):

"The giant panda, or panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally meaning "black and white cat-foot") is a bear native to central-western and south western China. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body."

Since we are not teaching Zoology, the following article does not concern black and white bears. We are talking about Google Panda...

A royal wedding in the UK, tsunamis in Japan, revolution in Libya… 2011 is already heading towards a very busy year for the world.

We would like to start this insight with another country which recently experienced a revolution – Egypt. Has the world of online marketing been affected by recent events in the land of the Nile? Is there an International market in Egypt? Will the travel industry pick up? How do Egyptians feel about social media? These are all questions our Egyptian team will answer.

It is no secret that the Netherlands is one of the many countries in Europe that offers a veritable feast of products for the gourmets amongst us. However, we are not going to discuss which cheese you can order online in the Dutch dairy haven in today's article. We have prepared a much more holistic approach and asked our Dutch SEO specialists to give you an insight in their online market.

An interesting game of hide and seek for adults, by Greig Holbrook, Director, Oban Multilingual.

We all know from our childhood that the most interesting things are forbidden. In the same respect, for the Russian online gaming market, one could say the most italic thing is forbidden.