In Malaysia, contrary to general belief, the official language is
not “Malaysian” but rather “Malay” or “Bahasa
Melayu” (the official language of Malaysia).
Although there are small regional search engines/directories
in English about Malaysia, such portals are insignificant since they
are only geared to tourists visiting Malaysia. There is only one
search engine in Bahasa Melayu :Google!
Google features 2 versions:
Google Malaysia
http://www.google.com.my/intl/ms/
And
Google Bahasa Melayu
http://www.google.com/intl/ms/
Both versions are technically the same as they are sharing a
unique database. It is not necessary to translate your website in
order to rank well on Google Malaysia: you need to have at least
1 page in Bahasa Melayu optimized with your Bahasa Melayu keywords
and meta tags in order to be eligible for rankings on Google Malaysia.
However, it is not as simple as just translating a page and its meta
tags in Bahasa Melayu! In fact, the text of a page must be written
using unique specific character patterns; the sentences must reflect
strategic keywords according to the optimization/source code by following
a very precise methodology proper to Bahasa Melayu. Foreign language
optimization goes way beyond the expertise & qualifications of
a regular translation agency....
Contract our Malaysian experts to create an entry page in Bahasa Melayu
for your website optimized with your Bahasa Melayu keywords/meta tags.
It will have a similar look and feel as your current home page. It
will be considered as your " Malaysia entry page". Such page
will feature approximately a 10 to 15 line paragraph in Bahasa Melayu
introducing your web site. At the end of such page, we will tell Malaysian
users that by entering your website they should expect overall content
in English and that all correspondences should be established in English
as well. Our
Flash tutorial/demo explains clearly the benefits of such
methodology!
