{"id":9318,"date":"2024-10-21T00:48:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T00:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outrankapps.com\/?p=9318"},"modified":"2024-10-22T18:12:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T18:12:49","slug":"app-store-optimization-cross-localization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outrankapps.com\/fi\/app-store-optimization-cross-localization\/","title":{"rendered":"App Storen optimoinnin ristiinlokalisoinnin opas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking to expand your app\u2019s presence globally and maximize the number of keywords your app ranks for, cross-localization is a must-have strategy. This powerful App Store Optimization (ASO) technique allows you to use more keywords across your app&#8217;s metadata by utilizing different App Store locales.<\/p>\n<p>Cross-localization is the <a href=\"https:\/\/outrankapps.com\/fi\/importance-of-app-store-optimization\/\">App Storen optimointi<\/a> (ASO) trick that lets you use more keywords in your App Store title <em>(30 characters)<\/em>, subtitle <em>(30 characters)<\/em>, and keyword field <em>(100 characters)<\/em>. This powerful ASO technique allows you to increase the character space for your app&#8217;s metadata by utilizing metadata in different country App Stores. This is only applicable to the App Store, not Google Play.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"list-of-app-store-territories--locales\">Cross-Localization of App Store Territories &amp; Locales (2024)<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>COUNTRY<\/th>\n<th>PRIMARY LANGUAGE<\/th>\n<th>LANGUAGES INDEXED<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Yhdysvallat<\/td>\n<td>English (US)<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Arabic, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Traditional), Vietnamese, Korean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>English (Australia)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Algeria<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>French, English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Angola<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anguilla<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Antigua and Barbuda<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Argentina<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Armenia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Australia<\/td>\n<td>English (Australia)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>German<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Azerbaijan<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bahamas<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bahrain<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Barbados<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Belarus<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Belgium<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French, Dutch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Belize<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Benin<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bermuda<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bhutan<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bolivia<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Botswana<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>Portuguese (Brazil)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brunei Darussalam<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bulgaria<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Burkina Faso<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cambodia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>English (Canada)<\/td>\n<td>French (Canada)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cape Verde<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cayman Islands<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chad<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French, Arabic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chile<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>China<\/td>\n<td>Chinese (Simplified)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Colombia<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Costa Rica<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Croatia<\/td>\n<td>Croatian<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cyprus<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>Greek, Turkish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Czech Republic<\/td>\n<td>Czech<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Denmark<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>Danish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dominica<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dominican Republic<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ecuador<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Egypt<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>French, English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>El Salvador<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Estonia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Federated States of Micronesia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fiji<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Finland<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>Finnish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>France<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gambia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td>German<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ghana<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Greece<\/td>\n<td>Greek<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grenada<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Guatemala<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Guinea-Bissau<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Guyana<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Honduras<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hong Kong<\/td>\n<td>Chinese (Traditional)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK), Cantonese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hungary<\/td>\n<td>Hungarian<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Iceland<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>India<\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Indonesia<\/td>\n<td>Indonesian<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ireland<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Israel<\/td>\n<td>Hebrew<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Italy<\/td>\n<td>Italian<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jamaica<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Japan<\/td>\n<td>Japanese<\/td>\n<td>English (US)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jordan<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kazakhstan<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kenya<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kuwait<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kyrgyzstan<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lao People\u2019s Democratic Republic<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Latvia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>lbania<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lebanon<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>French, English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Liberia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lithuania<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Luxembourg<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French, German<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Macau<\/td>\n<td>Cantonese<\/td>\n<td>English (UK), Chinese (Traditional)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Madagascar<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Malawi<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Malaysia<\/td>\n<td>Malay<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mali<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Malta<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mauritania<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>French, English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mauritius<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mexico<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Moldova<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mongolia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montserrat<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mozambique<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Namibia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nepal<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>Dutch<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Zealand<\/td>\n<td>English (Australia)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nicaragua<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Niger<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nigeria<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Macedonia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Norway<\/td>\n<td>Norwegian<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oman<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pakistan<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Palau<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Panama<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Papua New Guinea<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Paraguay<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Peru<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Philippines<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Poland<\/td>\n<td>Polish<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Portugal<\/td>\n<td>Portuguese (Portugal)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Qatar<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Republic Of Korea<\/td>\n<td>Korean<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Republic of the Congo<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Romania<\/td>\n<td>Romanian<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Russia<\/td>\n<td>Russian<\/td>\n<td>English (UK), Ukrainian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saint Lucia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saudi Arabia<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Senegal<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seychelles<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sierra Leone<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Singapore<\/td>\n<td>Chinese (Simplified)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Slovakia<\/td>\n<td>Slovak<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Slovenia<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Solomon Islands<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Africa<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spain<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Spain)<\/td>\n<td>English (U.K.), Catalan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>St. Kitts and Nevis<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>St. Vincent and The Grenadines<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Suriname<\/td>\n<td>Dutch<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Swaziland<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>Swedish<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Switzerland<\/td>\n<td>German<\/td>\n<td>English (UK), French, Italian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Taiwan<\/td>\n<td>Chinese (Traditional)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tajikistan<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thailand<\/td>\n<td>Thai<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trinidad and Tobago<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tunisia<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>French, English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Turkey<\/td>\n<td>Turkish<\/td>\n<td>English (UK), French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Turkmenistan<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Turks and Caicos<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Uganda<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ukraine<\/td>\n<td>Ukrainian<\/td>\n<td>Russian, English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>United Arab Emirates<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>United Republic Of Tanzania<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Uruguay<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Uzbekistan<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venezuela<\/td>\n<td>Spanish (Mexico)<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vietnam<\/td>\n<td>Vietnamese<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Virgin Islands<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yemen<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Zimbabwe<\/td>\n<td>English (UK)<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>Note: The chart has been sourced from Appfollow, Appradar, Phiture, MobileAction, and Sensor Tower.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Why Cross-Localization Matters<\/h2>\n<p>With Apple\u2019s App Store, you have limited character space for your title (30 characters), subtitle (30 characters), and keyword field (100 characters). Cross-localization allows you to increase this space by leveraging other countries&#8217; App Stores, effectively expanding your keyword reach. By doing so, you can boost your app\u2019s discoverability without altering the core listing.<\/p>\n<p>This strategy applies only to the App Store, not Google Play.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Use Cross-Localization Effectively<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Research Indexed Languages<\/strong>: Tools like AppFollow and SensorTower help identify which languages are indexed in different countries. This allows you to optimize your app&#8217;s metadata for various locales.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avoid Keyword Duplication<\/strong>: Ensure that keywords from one localization aren&#8217;t repeated in another. Duplicating keywords won&#8217;t improve your ranking and wastes valuable keyword space.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leverage Dialect Variations<\/strong>: English (UK) and English (US) are considered separate localizations. This means you can use &#8220;color&#8221; in one and &#8220;colour&#8221; in another without violating duplication rules.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximize Exchangeable Localizations<\/strong>: Some localizations are interchangeable across regions. For instance, if French (Canada) isn&#8217;t available in a country, French (France) metadata may still be indexed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consider the Target Audience<\/strong>: Always optimize secondary localizations with relevant keywords specific to that audience. For example, using local slang or cultural references can improve your app&#8217;s performance in that market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Case Study: Cross-Localization in Action<\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at an example. You\u2019ve developed a fitness app called &#8220;FitLife,&#8221; and it\u2019s performing well in the U.S. market. To expand your keyword space, you decide to add a Spanish (Mexico) localization to your U.S. listing, which allows you to use English keywords in the secondary localization. As a result, your app\u2019s visibility improves, and you start reaching a larger audience of English-speaking users.<\/p>\n<h2>Ready to Implement Cross-Localization?<\/h2>\n<p>If managing cross-localization feels overwhelming, Outrank Apps is here to help. Our ASO experts can handle the entire process, ensuring your app reaches new audiences in global markets. <a href=\"https:\/\/outrankapps.com\/fi\/free-aso-consultation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us today for a free consultation<\/a> and learn more about how cross-localization can boost your app\u2019s success.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking to expand your app\u2019s presence globally and maximize the number of keywords your app ranks for, cross-localization is a must-have strategy. 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