Thread: USA vs UK ways of spelling Key Words.

hi Lads
Hope this is in right forum, as usual I have not a clue.

What is the situation or best way (for dummies type answer, as this dummie is just learning and has not a clue).

American vs English ways of spelling..

for example I got a Self Defence class in thailand, and I did the web on godaddy myself, makeshft, until real pro thing is done. (still since I have not a clue I think i did not bad starting fromzero)....anyway.

I in godaddy I sent up all my key words under Self Defence (with a c spelling). so all is well, I realised the other day americans spell it
as Self Defense (with a S),,,,

I hopped into overture.com and Self Defense had
22432 arts defense instruction martial self 6322 self defense 4899 judo self defense

for the top 3 as an example.

and the UK spelling Self Defence...
1117 self defence 232 woman self defence 92 self defence class
for the top 3.

Very very big difference.

Now I am not sure am I cheating the search engines a bit...seems like godaddy, let up do all the stuff some experts say not to,???!???

My main domain is Krav Maga Self Defence Thailand Bangkok Pattaya Thailand Martial Arts
and I masked http://www.kravmagathailand.com to is and both with Defence spelt UK style in all the keyword and text etc...
so today I got Self Defense Krav Maga Thailand Martial Arts Bangkok Pattaya and masked it on to kravmagathailand.com and used all Self Defense American spelling in the keyword/meta tage section in godaddy.

Just to cover myself.... I mean the overture stats say alot to me, as a begineer.

Also noticed on google ad words, I where i have selfdencethailand.com and kravmagathailand.com as 2 different campaigns the self defence is getting about 60% more clicks...probably cause no one over here knows what Krav Maga is

Anyway, any ideas, tips or help on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

My longer term goal, is I want to set up a self defense blog and write and E Book on it (very american thing to do) and get affilates etc to amazon and martail book and gear suppliers etc etc.... obviously not for thailand, but for global market. if it makes the Starbucks Coffee and Muffin money each month I d be delighted!

But I got alot to learn, and I order some blogging books off amazon, and some e books on selling e book etc on the web. Yanik Silver etc...

These guys promise millions...I am sure there are people who do make that , thats the top 1%...but my view if its something you enjoy...like martial arts, and your BS'ing away on Martial arts forums for free, when you should be working... you might as well BS it into your own e book, set up blog with affiliates and if you make a few 100 euro a month..then that great!!! but I think it would take 6 -12 months guesstimate for a complete beginner elancing in the help, and following these internet courses on SEO etc I bought to turn any sort of decent money.

Thanks for listening lads, and hope some tips are coming.

Cheers

Gerry

I suppose it depends on your target market.