One cool thing about the Internet is that anyone in the world with a computer and an Internet connection can visit your website no matter where they live. However, this worldwide access can be a bit tricky is especially when it comes to language.

It doesn’t even have to be a matter of people who speak or read and entirely different language. It could just be a matter of visitor’s from the UK that understand “British English” as opposed to “American English”. It’s very likely that you’ll have visitors from the UK, Canada, or Australia and you’ll run into that “translation” problem, like the fact that in the UK purses are “handbags” and backpacks are “rucksacks”.

The Storque has a really interesting article on a couple of things that you need to watch out for when tagging some of your items on Etsy for an international audience. Like why you don’t want to talk about “fanny packs” to your UK audience. A lot of these tips will also “translate” to your website, so check out the article on the Storque:
International Tagging, Yeah Baby!