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That kinda depends on the searcher, if they put their terms in "quotes" then definitely no, as that looks for exact matching terms, everything else i am not sure about, google does make allowences for spelling errors and will try correct their search term so if i were you i would find out which spelling gets searched for more frequently and use that.

We actually have quite a few important terms that clash because of Americans and their habit of spelling errors
I think I may write new pages with fresh content as you suggested, thanks.

Nic wrote:

who's your primary market?

Ditto

I really didn't think you had a big problem with the easy ones (S or Z), until I did a search for the obvious word "organize" verse "organise." Oy vey! You do have a problem!

It's a little worse then you even think though. I know I'm forever asking my English friends to translate for me (and, yeah, I'm American), but your site brings up, at least, one abbreviation that only got me clicking it to figure out what it means - TEFL! Don't know how that translates in Canada, since it's not a phrase that come up in many conversations, but in the states it's ESL -- English as a Second Langage, with the assumtion you're either going to teach it or learn it, with the obvious leanings towards teaching it.

That's one I picked up at a quick glance. From experience, I know there's a bunch of words and phrases that don't translate well from one English to the other, and to a lesser degree, the other - Canada. You're copy writer probably is stuck knowing the American phrases too since our two countries intertwine often. Still, took me three e-mails to figure out what "frocking in pants" meant. (A strange, but adorable, English teddy bear blogger's relaxation technique -- he's about the size of your hand -- no, not "hand" as in measuring the height of a horse, the thing at the end of your arm. LOL) I've learned "air closet," "bonnet," "laury" (if spelled right), and quite a few other English words, but I have no idea how you can find out the list you need to learn how to translate into American for your site.

I did find a site that translates word for word, ( http://english2american.com/ ), but, man, that would require looking up every single word. I think, if I were you, I'd just translate the metatags and KWP, and hope any American interested in going to volunteer in Thailand isn't too stupid to figure out there's a translation difference occasionally. Then again, if they are, that could be a good sign that they might not work out well helping out!