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What changed in cross-border search and marketing, from primary sources. Written in English, Korean and Chinese in turn.

Entering Korea Wadiz from Europe: only German and Polish firms can launch directly 2026-09-29 Wadiz lets foreign companies crowdfund in Korea without a Korean entity, but only from eight countries. Who qualifies, what Wadiz charges, and how customs works for your Korean backers.

Search and AI trends Structured data after Google's cutbacks: what still earns something 2026-09-25 Google has retired about ten rich result features since late 2024, FAQ included. Which markup is still worth a small seller's time in 2026: Organization, Product and, with limits, LocalBusiness.

Entering Korea KakaoTalk Channel for foreign brands: set-up, message rules and costs 2026-09-22 How a foreign brand opens a KakaoTalk Channel, which message types exist since FriendTalk ended, what each costs, and the Korean rules on ad messages, consent and sending hours.

Entering Korea Korea's Q4 2026 shopping calendar: the dates, and when to start 2026-09-20 Chuseok, K-Sale Festa, Pepero Day, Black Friday and the year-end holidays in Korea for 2026, with a working-back timeline for a foreign brand that wants to sell in the fourth quarter.

Search and AI trends AI crawlers, robots.txt and llms.txt: what a small business should do 2026-09-18 Which AI bots to allow, which ones are a business choice, why Google ignores llms.txt, and why a Cloudflare setting that changed on 15 September can now block Googlebot.

Entering Korea Korean product pages: what shoppers expect, and the new review rule 2026-09-15 How to localise a product page for Korean shoppers: build for the phone, show the information Korean law expects, and explain your reviews before the new disclosure rule is enforced.

Search and AI trends Wrong language page in Google? Eight multilingual site mistakes 2026-09-11 When Google shows your English page in Germany or your German page in Switzerland, the cause is usually in how the versions are labelled. Eight common mistakes, what Google says about each, and how to check.

Entering Korea Paying Korean influencers? Why the #광고 label is your problem too 2026-09-08 Korea's rules on paid posts put the advertiser in the frame, not only the creator. What counts as paid, where the Korean label must go, and what the KFTC did in 2026.

Search and AI trends Google's AI answers now work in about 100 languages. Does your site? 2026-09-04 AI Overviews and AI Mode now answer in close to 100 languages, and Search Console shows AI impressions by country. What that means for a small business selling in several languages.

Entering Korea Naver or Google in Korea? On phones it's Naver, on desktops Google 2026-09-01 Two widely quoted sources disagree on who leads search in Korea. Why both are right, what it means for a foreign brand, and the order to set things up.

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