Arabic SEO

Arabic SEO written for how the Gulf actually searches

Most Arabic pages in the Gulf are translations of English pages. They read fine, but they miss the words people actually type into Google. We research, write and structure your Arabic pages natively, so they compete for the demand your English pages cannot reach.

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Problems we fix

Translated keywords nobody searches

A literal translation of an English keyword is often not what Gulf shoppers type. The page is optimized for a phrase with little or no demand.

Spelling and dialect variations ignored

Arabic searches vary: with or without hamza and ta marbuta, Gulf dialect words, English brand names written in Arabic. Pages that ignore this miss a large share of queries.

Arabic and English versions compete

Missing or broken hreflang means Google shows the wrong language, or treats both versions as duplicates, and neither ranks as well as it should.

Thin Arabic versions

The Arabic site is often a lighter copy of the English one, with fewer pages and less content. Yet Arabic is where most Gulf search demand is.

Arabic is where most of the demand is

In Saudi Arabia and across the Gulf, a large share of searches for products and services happen in Arabic, even among customers who are fluent in English. Yet many businesses invest in English SEO first and treat Arabic as a translation job. That gap is an opportunity.

Our founder saw it at scale with a multi-brand fashion retailer in Saudi Arabia, where Arabic category keywords such as «فساتين» (dresses) moved from position 37 to 4, and «ستائر» (curtains) from 58 to 6, after Arabic pages were researched and optimized on their own terms.

What native Arabic SEO involves

Research per language. We map Arabic demand separately, including spelling variants, singular and plural forms, Gulf terms and English brand names written in Arabic script.
Writing, not translating. Titles, headings and copy are written in Arabic first, with the same commercial intent as the English page but not the same words.
Structure. Both language versions are complete, linked to each other and marked up with correct hreflang, so Google shows Arabic to Arabic searchers and English to English searchers.
Right-to-left UX. Layout, forms, numbers and navigation that feel natural in Arabic, because rankings mean nothing if the page does not convert.

Bilingual sites done right

For bilingual stores and clinics, the goal is not two separate sites competing with each other. It is one structure where each page has its twin, each twin is fully optimized for its language, and the authority each version earns supports the other.

Proof from our founder's track record

All results were led by our founder, Adham Hossam, in in-house and agency-side SEO roles. Enterprise brand names are withheld for client confidentiality.

Multi-brand fashion retailer

Enterprise brand, name withheld · 6 GCC markets

+47%

non-brand clicks (1.12M to 1.64M)

+61%Qatar clicks
+56%Oman clicks
+45%Bahrain clicks

Leading GCC home and furniture retailer

Enterprise brand, name withheld · KSA, UAE, Qatar

+178%

non-brand clicks, year over year

+47%organic sessions
+91%top-10 keywords (25,972 to 49,667)
+95%page-1 tracked keywords

SEM Elegant Voyage

Travel agency, French market · France, Belgium, Switzerland

+991%

organic clicks in 3 months

25 → 455monthly clicks from France
50pillar and cluster articles
3 mofrom rebuild to ranking

Read the case study - SEM Elegant Voyage

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Do you translate our English content?

No. Translation is where most Arabic SEO goes wrong. We research Arabic demand separately and write for it, keeping your brand message consistent while using the words Gulf customers actually search.

Which Arabic do you write in?

Clear Modern Standard Arabic that reads naturally in the Gulf, with Gulf terms where customers use them. For Saudi Arabia we write with Saudi buyers in mind, for example the product and service names people use in Riyadh and Jeddah.

Should our Arabic and English URLs be the same?

It depends on your platform and goals. Both approaches can rank. What matters most is a consistent structure, correct hreflang and that each language has complete, useful content. We recommend the option that fits your site.

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