How easy to rank in foreign countries?

Hello
So I guess the U.S. market is though; however some questions:
- How hard/easy is it to rank in local SEO, e.g. only in specific states (e.g. KW + location, KW+Texas / KW+some 100k population city)?
- What about some European countries, for example Norway (5M people), Hungary, Israel (both ~9M people)?
- Will English PBNs from the US work in such scenarios?

Best practices for international ranking
Utilization of Generic Top Level Domain Name (TLD): Combine TLD with a country-explicit subdomain to imply a specific country.

Hello!
Do you plan to use English PBN for Norwegian, Hungarian etc audience? I think because of different language that will not have that effect you expect.

You can get a country specific domain and target the small cities or towns first. Then you can move on to the bigger cities.

If you want to target a European country you should remember about using the language of this country on your website.
For example, Norwegian copywriters are a hell of expensive and you won't be able to check how good their articles are)
And yes, it's better to buy local domains for PBNs than to use English PBNs. And again, you will have to order articles in their local language for these PBNs.