International SEODubai and the UAE
International SEO services for businesses selling beyond the UAE
Our international SEO services help businesses in the UAE rank in other countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Oman or the UK. We plan the site structure, set up hreflang and country targeting, and research keywords for each market, so the right page shows in the right country.
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What is international SEO?
International SEO is the setup that tells Google which version of your website to show in which country and language. It covers the address structure, hreflang tags, local keyword research and content written for each market. Without it, the wrong page ranks in the wrong country, or none ranks at all.
It is mostly a structure job at the start and a content job after that. Getting the structure right first avoids a costly rebuild later.
What’s included
What our international SEO work includes
Market and keyword research
Search demand for each country, because people in Riyadh, Muscat and London use different words for the same thing.
Site structure
A clear choice between country domains, subfolders or subdomains, based on your budget and plans.
Hreflang setup
Tags that link each page to its versions in other countries and languages, tested so Google reads them correctly.
Content for each market
Pages planned for each country, with local prices, delivery details and contact options.
Arabic pages
We work in English. For Arabic pages we coordinate native Arabic writers and handle the technical side ourselves.
Reporting by country
Search Console and Analytics set up to show rankings and leads for each market separately.
How we work
How we take your site abroad
Market check
We measure search demand and competition in each target country.Structure plan
We agree the address structure and which pages each market needs.Build and tag
We set up the new sections, hreflang and country settings.Grow and report
We add content per market and report results by country.
Who needs international SEO services
You need international SEO when you sell to more than one country or in more than one language. A Dubai business that ships across the GCC, serves Saudi clients or opens an office abroad needs pages that each market can find.
- Online stores shipping to other GCC countries
- Service firms with clients in Saudi Arabia, Oman or Qatar
- Businesses adding an Arabic version of an English site
- Brands opening a branch outside the UAE
International SEO cost
The setup is a one time project and the growth work is monthly. Both are quoted in writing after we know how many countries and languages you want to target.
These factors decide the price:
- The number of countries and languages
- Whether new pages need writing for each market
- Your platform and how it handles languages
- Whether native Arabic writers are needed
Domains, subfolders or subdomains
For most growing businesses, subfolders such as /sa/ on your main domain are the simplest choice. They share the strength of your main site and are cheaper to run. Separate country domains suit brands with a local office and budget in each country, because each domain has to build its own authority.
Whatever you choose, keep one clear pattern and never let a visitor’s location change the page automatically without a way back.
How to choose an international SEO partner
Choose a partner who starts with demand in each market, not with translation. Ask how they test hreflang, how they will report results per country, and who writes the content for each language. For Dubai only rankings, our main SEO services are the better fit, and technical SEO covers the setup work on any site.
Questions we get asked
Related services:
Do I need separate pages for each country?
Only where something really differs, such as prices, delivery, currency or the words people search. If the page would be identical, one page is better than copies that compete with each other.
What is hreflang and do I need it?
Hreflang is a tag that tells Google a page has versions for other countries or languages. You need it as soon as you have two versions of the same page, for example English for the UAE and English for the UK.
Should my Arabic pages be translated or rewritten?
Rewritten. A direct translation misses the words Arabic speakers actually search for and often reads awkwardly. We plan the Arabic pages and keywords, and native Arabic writers write them.
Can one website rank in several GCC countries?
Yes. A single domain with a section for each country can rank across the GCC, as long as each section has its own useful pages and correct hreflang tags.
Does my server need to be in each country?
No. Google works out which country a page is for from hreflang, language and local content far more than from where the server sits. What matters is that pages load fast in each country, and a content delivery network solves that for most sites.
Plan your international SEO
Tell us which countries you want to reach and we will reply within one working day with the first steps.
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