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Bing > Alexa Rank > 23
Baidu > Alexa Rank > 8
Yandex.ru > Alexa Rank > 26
SoSo > Alexa Rank > 44

That's alot of traffic from these search engines, how do you guys optimize for these markets?

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Quick, practical update that clarifies a few things mentioned above and gives a short action plan.

As and suggested, Alexa “rank” is not a reliable signal for search-engine optimization — the Alexa.com ranking service was retired by Amazon in May 2022. Also, the Chinese search product "SoSo" you see in older discussion has been consolidated into Sogou (Tencent moved away from Soso in 2013), so treat legacy SoSo mentions as historical. These facts change how you interpret the old Alexa/SoSo numbers in this thread. (en.wikipedia.org)

A concise checklist to act on now (covers Bing, Baidu, Yandex and general SEO fundamentals):

  • Verify ownership and submit an XML sitemap in each engine’s webmaster console (Bing Webmaster Tools, Baidu Search Resource Platform, Yandex.Webmaster).
  • Localize: serve content in the target language, use local TLDs or clear geotargeting, and host close to users when practical (for China, hosting in mainland China + ICP filing materially improves performance/eligibility).
  • Measure with the local analytics: use Bing’s tools plus Yandex.Metrica for RuNet insights and Baidu’s site tools for China-specific diagnostics.
  • Focus on crawlability: robots.txt, canonical tags, mobile friendliness, fast page load, and server configuration (CDN/WAF rules sometimes block crawlers).
  • Build local relevance: local-language content, local links, and local business listings where applicable. (blogs.bing.com)

Troubleshooting notes tied to thread observations: if Bing suddenly becomes your top referrer (as saw), check Bing Webmaster for “Excluded” or crawl-error reports and review CDN/WAF logs (Cloudflare rules often block crawlers unintentionally). If you only optimize for Google (like ), keep the basics solid but periodically verify other engines’ consoles — small technical issues (charset, TLS, blocked resources) can keep pages out of region-specific indexes. Prioritize user experience and correct, localized indexing signals; that will pay off across all engines.

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Member Avatar for canadafred

Alexa ranking don't mean squat when it comes to ranking web pages in the search engines, doesn't really matter what search engines your "target" ("target" quoted because targeting web pages for specific search engines is almost an obsolete SEO strategy).

There shouldn't be any significant considerations given to Alexa when deciding how to optimize webpages. Alexa can provide indicators as to what's happening on the web but they too are not very significant in the bigger scope of winning keyphrase competitions.

Member Avatar for snapshot

That is absolutely correct. The Alexa rankings are not to be trusted as sometimes the stats could be funny. For example, after experiencing some great Google rankings boosts, Alexa shows some traffic drops for your website but you do know that it is wrong.

Member Avatar for ashwell

I agree with this and i have come to know 2 new search engines and soso and yandex.

Member Avatar for joesmith.aj

I'm optimizing only for Google, most of the traffic from Google only. No traffic from Bing. And the other two sites are new for me.

Member Avatar for infinique

When you do SEO, you're doing for all. It's just that different search engines have got specific algorithms. Yahoo, MSN tends to prefer sites with keywords inside their domain. Baidu and Yandex are pretty similar to Google's algorithm.

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Hello,

I have now seen an increase in traffic from Bing after optimizing it... Actually I have more traffic from Bing than Google right now and I like it alot! Make your site user friendly... that always works well!

Here are some tips for optimizing your site for Bing, Baidu and other search engines:

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