English Speaking Countries

[Trudat]

Remember that you can set your ad to show in various territories/countries. Often, people only add the most common ones and don't give it much though. Don't limit your ad exposure only to popular english speaking countries such as the US, UK, and Australia. The more people see your ad, the bigger the chance for a sale.

English is either an official language or is spoken by a significant portion of the population in the following countries.
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Australia
• Bahamas,The
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bermuda
• Botswana
• Brunei
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Cayman Islands
• Dominica
• Fiji
• Gambia,The
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• India
• Ireland
• Jamaica
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Malta
• Mauritius
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Uganda
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

[topaffiliateprogram]

looks good , i would like to add little more to it ..

india have about 50-60 million internet users(growing at rate of 20-30%) a year . atleast 10% of them are earning over $1000 a month and able to spend atleast $200 per month on shopping etc ...
so if you got good quality you could make some good number of sales ...

reason is india has much more internet users than any of the above listed country and GDP growing at rate of 9% a year . and peoples love to buy from foreign countries as its status symbol to buy from another countries ..
Also SEO competition is quite low and traffic from adwords is quite cheap like 3 cents a click .

[super]

good tips, but i dont think i would like to show my ads to nigeria for example :)

[Trudat]

good tips, but i dont think i would like to show my ads to nigeria for example :)
Of course not, I don't either, but some of those I wouldn't normally think of. I figured if it helped me it could help some noobs think more broadly as well (while, of course, targetting! lol)

[Shelly]

What I find so silly is the internet is an international communication devise. Therefore, you may be a US citizen but because you are sitting in the middle of the Amazon, the adds will not show to you. With laptops, you no longer need to be in your home country to surf the net.

[AnaB]

People lose out a lot on Canada sales though by just thinking US, UK. I was doing that for my site (evne though I'm Canadian).

[debbie]

Thanks Trudat - good reminder!

[anette]

i always use 'all countries and territories' and language english...
so if and nigerian guy does an english search in nigeria he will get my ad...

is that to bad? or am i being totaly wrong?

[Trudat]

Nah that's not bad. If you wish to promote your product world-wide, then that's the thing to do. If you choose to go specifically with english speaking countries, than I was just posting a reminder that there's more english speaking countries out there than just, say, the UK and US.

[cwayne]

for internet penetration.

Approximately 69% of Canadian are online. Huge!

The other benefit is that Canadians and Americans share more than just a border. Canada has wealth and more and more people are shopping online for goods and services. It is not uncommon for Canadians to get online and do some shopping at Macy.com or at Buy.com for their needs. Even with all the border regulations and clearance fees, Canadians still like to buy from the good ol' USA. With all the oil money they are generating they have to spend it somewhere and why not spend it where the shopping is best!

Cheers,

www.ThrillaMilla.com

[pacsey]

In Guyana (South America) the official language is also English

[Trudat]

Thanks for the correction!

[pacsey]

you are welcome.

[pacsey]

Check also this the this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_where_English_is_an_official_lan guage

[Trudat]

Check also this the this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_where_English_is_an_official_lan guage
Rank Country (*= de facto official language) Population[1]
1 India 1,103,600,000
2 United States* 299,462,105
3 Pakistan 162,419,946
4 Nigeria 128,771,988
5 Philippines 87,857,473
6 United Kingdom* 60,441,457
7 South Africa 44,344,136
8 Kenya 33,829,590
9 Canada 32,300,000
10 Uganda 27,269,482
11 Ghana 21,029,853
12 Australia* 20,300,000
13 Sri Lanka 20,064,776
14 Cameroon 16,380,005
15 Zimbabwe 12,746,990
16 Malawi 12,158,924
17 Zambia 11,261,795
18 Rwanda 8,440,820
19 Hong Kong [2] 6,898,686
20 Sierra Leone 6,017,643
21 Papua New Guinea 5,545,268
22 Singapore 4,425,720
23 Republic of Ireland 4,130,700
24 New Zealand 4,108,561
25 Puerto Rico 3,912,054
26 Liberia 3,482,211
27 Jamaica 2,731,832
28 Namibia 2,030,692
29 Lesotho 1,867,035
30 Botswana 1,640,115
31 The Gambia 1,593,256
32 Mauritius 1,230,602
33 Swaziland 1,173,900
34 Trinidad and Tobago 1,088,644
35 Fiji 893,354
36 Guyana 765,283
37 Solomon Islands 538,032
38 Malta 398,534
39 The Bahamas 301,790
40 Belize 279,457
41 Barbados 279,254
42 Vanuatu 205,754
43 Guam 168,564
44 Saint Lucia 166,312
45 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 117,534
46 U.S. Virgin Islands 108,708
47 Micronesia, Federated States of 108,105
48 Kiribati 103,092
49 Jersey 90,812
50 Grenada 89,502
51 Seychelles 81,188
52 Northern Mariana Islands 80,801
53 Isle of Man 75,049
54 Dominica 69,029
55 Antigua and Barbuda 68,722
56 Bermuda 65,365
57 Guernsey 65,228
58 American Samoa 64,869
59 Marshall Islands 59,071
60 Cayman Islands 44,270
61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,958
62 Gibraltar 27,884
63 British Virgin Islands 22,643
64 Cook Islands 21,388
65 Turks and Caicos Islands 20,556
66 Palau 20,303
67 Anguilla 13,254
68 Montserrat 9,341
69 Saint Helena 7,460
70 Falkland Islands 2,967
71 Norfolk Island 1,828
72 Christmas Island [3] 1,600
73 Pitcairn Islands 67

LoL at Pitcairn Island! That'd be awfully tough to successfully market to those 67 people, I think.

[pacsey]

LoL at Pitcairn Island! That'd be awfully tough to successfully market to those 67 people, I think.


but they won't be happy if forgotten :D

[hgarcia0509]

Rank Country (*= de facto official language) Population[1]
1 India 1,103,600,000
2 United States* 299,462,105
3 Pakistan 162,419,946
4 Nigeria 128,771,988
5 Philippines 87,857,473
6 United Kingdom* 60,441,457
7 South Africa 44,344,136
8 Kenya 33,829,590
9 Canada 32,300,000
10 Uganda 27,269,482
11 Ghana 21,029,853
12 Australia* 20,300,000
13 Sri Lanka 20,064,776
14 Cameroon 16,380,005
15 Zimbabwe 12,746,990
16 Malawi 12,158,924
17 Zambia 11,261,795
18 Rwanda 8,440,820
19 Hong Kong [2] 6,898,686
20 Sierra Leone 6,017,643
21 Papua New Guinea 5,545,268
22 Singapore 4,425,720
23 Republic of Ireland 4,130,700
24 New Zealand 4,108,561
25 Puerto Rico 3,912,054
26 Liberia 3,482,211
27 Jamaica 2,731,832
28 Namibia 2,030,692
29 Lesotho 1,867,035
30 Botswana 1,640,115
31 The Gambia 1,593,256
32 Mauritius 1,230,602
33 Swaziland 1,173,900
34 Trinidad and Tobago 1,088,644
35 Fiji 893,354
36 Guyana 765,283
37 Solomon Islands 538,032
38 Malta 398,534
39 The Bahamas 301,790
40 Belize 279,457
41 Barbados 279,254
42 Vanuatu 205,754
43 Guam 168,564
44 Saint Lucia 166,312
45 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 117,534
46 U.S. Virgin Islands 108,708
47 Micronesia, Federated States of 108,105
48 Kiribati 103,092
49 Jersey 90,812
50 Grenada 89,502
51 Seychelles 81,188
52 Northern Mariana Islands 80,801
53 Isle of Man 75,049
54 Dominica 69,029
55 Antigua and Barbuda 68,722
56 Bermuda 65,365
57 Guernsey 65,228
58 American Samoa 64,869
59 Marshall Islands 59,071
60 Cayman Islands 44,270
61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,958
62 Gibraltar 27,884
63 British Virgin Islands 22,643
64 Cook Islands 21,388
65 Turks and Caicos Islands 20,556
66 Palau 20,303
67 Anguilla 13,254
68 Montserrat 9,341
69 Saint Helena 7,460
70 Falkland Islands 2,967
71 Norfolk Island 1,828
72 Christmas Island [3] 1,600
73 Pitcairn Islands 67

LoL at Pitcairn Island! That'd be awfully tough to successfully market to those 67 people, I think.

Hahaha! Man... People in India have been busy. :lol: 1,103,600,000 is a lot.

H Garcia

P.S. If only a majority of China spoke english, it would be nice.

[TrustNo1]

Depends what you're pushing. If you have downloadable stuff then you can be a little more open. For me, I use merchants that sell products and most don't ship out of the U.S. So my ads are only going to show for that.

[pacsey]

I know we are discussing officially English speaking countries but it isalso worth remembering that Scandinavian countries like Denmark, Norway and Sweden and countries like the Netherlands and Finland have many English Speaking people and ar very used to shopping online.