Search Dominance · Service 02

Search across
borders.

Technical SEO Audit. Multi-region, multi-language search architecture done properly. Crawlability, indexability, Core Web Vitals, schema, internal architecture — examined with surgical rigour, prioritised by commercial impact.

5
languages · we operate natively in
7
markets · across two continents
13
maximum hreflang regions per brand we manage
The Thesis

Translation is not localisation.
A site translated word-for-word into French
still feels American to French audiences.
True international SEO is cultural fluency
encoded into the architecture itself.
The technical layer matters. The cultural layer matters more.

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What we actually do

Five languages, one strategy.

Most international SEO engagements stop at hreflang and call the job done. Ours start there. Hreflang is the plumbing — content localisation, regional intent mapping, and market-specific link economies are the actual work.

We operate natively in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. Every market gets its own keyword research (not translation), its own content priorities (not duplication), its own backlink strategy (not global rollup). The result: each market's site competes locally, not as a translated afterthought.

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What's included.

Every audit covers four pillars. Each pillar is a deep dive — not a checklist tick.

i. Architecture

Hreflang & Site Structure

ccTLD vs. subfolder vs. subdomain decision, hreflang implementation across all variants, x-default fallback strategy, canonical handling across regions. The plumbing decisions that decide whether Google treats your sites as one or many.

ii. Localisation

Content Localisation

Native-language content strategy per market — not translation. Local keyword research, regional intent patterns, market-specific content priorities. Done by native speakers in five languages, with native specialists for additional markets.

iii. Authority

Regional Link Strategy

Country-specific backlink planning. UK links for the UK site, French links for the French site. Local PR contacts, regional industry directories, market-appropriate digital placements — not a global link pool diluted across regions.

iv. Measurement

Per-Market Reporting

Separate dashboards per market with localised KPIs. Search visibility, organic traffic, conversion patterns and competitive landscape mapped country-by-country. Roll-up reporting for the C-suite, granular reporting for regional teams.

How a technical audit unfolds.

i. Map

Market priority audit

Which markets earn investment first? We model search demand, competitive intensity, and conversion economics per market, then sequence the rollout based on commercial returns — not founder geography.

ii. Architect

Site structure decision

ccTLD, subfolder, or subdomain? Each has trade-offs in SEO authority, operational cost, and brand consistency. We model all three for your specific situation, then commit to one.

iii. Build

Per-market activation

Each market gets its own content strategy, keyword targeting, and link plan. Not a translation pipeline — a localisation programme run by native specialists.

iv. Measure

Compound across regions

Six months in, lessons from one market start informing the others. The brands that win international SEO are those that treat each market as a learning opportunity that improves the whole portfolio.

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Why it matters

Where competitors see
translation jobs.

A French-speaking visitor in Geneva does not behave the same way as a French-speaking visitor in Paris, Brussels, or Quebec. Same language, four entirely different markets — different competitors, different intents, different cultural references, different purchasing patterns.

Most agencies treat French content as one bucket. We treat each French-speaking market as its own ecosystem — with its own keyword research, content priorities, and link strategy. The brands that respect those distinctions are the ones that compound across markets instead of stalling.

All Search services
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Featured case · Atelier Vitré

Thirteen markets, one mistake. Hreflang misconfigured everywhere. The fix took eighteen months to compound — and tripled organic traffic.

Atelier Vitré had localised content across thirteen markets but their hreflang implementation consolidated everything into one consolidated index. Eighteen months after we corrected the architecture and rebuilt the per-market link plans, organic traffic was up 412% across the portfolio — without changing a single piece of content.

+412%
Organic traffic
13
Markets · five languages
0
New content created
Read the full case

We had thirteen localised sites and zero organic traffic. Revolutionize spent three weeks on the architecture, six weeks on the link plan, and twelve months executing per-market. Eighteen months later we were the dominant search result in every region we cared about.

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Antoine Beaumont
Founder · Atelier Vitré

Questions worth asking.

When does international SEO actually become necessary?+
When you're operating in two or more language markets and either (a) translated content is significantly underperforming the original, (b) you're competing against local-language competitors who are outranking you, or (c) you're about to invest in market expansion and want the SEO foundation in place before content investment begins. Below two markets, classic SEO usually covers everything.
ccTLD, subfolder, or subdomain — what should we use?+
Generally subfolders (revolutionize.agency/fr/) for SEO authority consolidation and operational simplicity, ccTLDs (revolutionner.fr) when local market trust requires it (often the case for regulated industries or markets with strong local-domain bias). Subdomains rarely make sense for SEO purposes. We model all three for your specific situation in week one of every engagement.
How long does a multi-market rollout take?+
Architecture decisions and hreflang implementation: 4-6 weeks. Per-market content localisation: 8-16 weeks per market depending on scope. Compounding link authority and ranking momentum: 6-18 months. Most engagements run as 12-24 month programmes with monthly working cadence.
Can you work in markets you don't operate natively?+
For markets in our five native languages (EN/FR/IT/DE/ES) — yes, fully end-to-end. For other markets we partner with native specialists (typically Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Arabic) and lead the strategy while specialists own the content and local outreach. We don't take engagements in markets we can't access culturally.
What does an international SEO engagement cost?+
Initial architecture and strategy: €15,000-€30,000. Ongoing per-market execution: €4,000-€10,000 per market per month, scaling with content volume and competitive intensity. Most multi-market engagements settle at €40,000-€120,000 per year total. Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute scoping call.

Pairs beautifully with.

A technical audit is most powerful when followed by these complementary services.

Search Dominance · 01

Technical SEO Audit

Multi-market sites have multi-market technical issues. The audit naturally extends into hreflang verification, ccTLD authority distribution, and per-region rendering checks.

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Search Dominance · 04

GEO & AI Search

AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity have different per-language behaviours. International GEO is the natural extension of international SEO — and an emerging frontier most agencies aren't equipped for yet.

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Content Alchemy · 02

SEO Copywriting

Localisation done right is editorial work, not translation work. Our content team writes natively in five languages — copy that ranks AND reads as if a native author wrote it.

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Plan the expansion

Ready to compete
across borders?

Book a 30-minute scoping call. We'll review your current multi-market setup, identify the three biggest leaks across your localised properties, and quote a possible engagement with no obligation.