Were here! It was a long journey, I’m only three hours into my ‘beginners’ Spanish course and I still haven’t mastered the art of crossing the road BUT it feels so good to here be in Buenos Aires. This city has the grandeur of Paris or Rome in places and everyday we find out something new about it. There are lots of expats living here, mainly from the USA, and it seems that a large amount of BA expats work remotely, or online. Likewise, it’s not just the expats who love the online here. As ever, my SEO eyes and ears are wide open – it doesn’t take long to discover that, just like back in the UK, the internet plays a huge part in people’s lives here. Here’s three things I’ve noticed already about online Argentinian life.
Facebook Mad
Yep, here in Argentina Facebook rules! Almost everywhere I go, every cafe, every bar, every museum, everyone has a Facebook page. Even the ‘Plaza De Mayo’, the most famous place in Buenos Aires (where Evita Peron addressed the people) has a Facebook page. From a web marketing point of view, I’d say Facebook Ads are definitely worth considering if you wish to promote your website in Argentina.
Fotolog
Cumbio is somewhat of a national celebrity here and all because she posts photos of her life onto the website fotolog.com. Cumbio is a flogger, one of many floggers who post images of their lives onto fotolog.com daily. Flogging is so big here, it’s even a fashion style – fringes grown over one eye, brightly coloured laces and V necked TShirts. If you have read the post titled ‘Create Ongoing Links Indefintely‘ then consider adding fotolog.com to your web 2.0 link list.
BA Expats
BA Expats is a great resource for those not of Porteno origin who find themselves enjoying life in this great city. As briefly mentioned above, the expat community within BA is growing rapidly and google seems to be acknowledging that. This website is only 21 months old and already has a PageRank of 6. Their forum is active, they encourage registration and their links directory is human edited. Finding a way to link your website from sites like this one is a good thing – such sites attract lots of traffic and, perhaps more importantly, such links tell Google that your website is relevant to current world and online trends.
The old saying ‘a change is a good as a rest’ seems to be proving true for me so far in Buenos Aires. Next week we’ll get right back into SEO focused posts, but for now, I wanted to share the above with you and encourage you to look outside of your usual places for opportunities to promote your websites.
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Glad to hear all is well. Interesting the cultural differences in the social media and SEO
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