2 different languages will hurt SEO?

vema123 · 05-08-2011, 07:42 PM

I have a domain (www.domain.com) that has ranked pretty good for several of its keywords (the posts are all in English). Now I'm considering having a subdomain (Indonesian.domain.com) of which posts will be in Indonesian. My concern is:

will this Indonesian subdomain hurt my already ranked good English keywords?

Thank you

paulgl · 05-08-2011, 09:11 PM

Why do you think it would hurt? 2 different website, 2 different things.

Just what a subdomain was designed for.

Be sure and put links all over the English site that say read this
in Indonesian. Even put clickable country flag like the big boys do it.

Paul

markowe · 05-08-2011, 11:01 PM

Yes, and also:

1) Register the subdomain in Webmaster Tools as a different site (perfectly OK)
2) Set the geographic target of that site in WT to Indonesia if that is where you are targetting traffic from.
3) Make sure the meta language tags in your html are set to the ISO codes for Indonesian (or whatever the exact language/dialect would be) for the subdomain.

There are millions of multilingual sites around, even not hosted on separate subdomains (I have one), so you should be just fine.

guewarascoy · 05-09-2011, 03:44 AM

thanks markowe..you are really great..

I admire to make subdomain in another language

azmanar · 05-09-2011, 05:27 AM

Hi,

From my experience, bi-lingual sites won't hurt SEO.
I have several sites like this.

I don't even register subdomains to split the languages.
Each page holds 2 languages together - English and Malay.
Also some pages are English only and some Malay only.

Take a look at this LIVE example : www.pengasih.net

In fact after I do this, the traffic volume increased 4 fold.
It then stabilized at 3 fold than the previous (when they
were using separate subdomains for English and Malay).

And then after 4 months, it got Google PR4.

I did the same for another site, the result is the same.

SEO is about quality content, relevancy and a couple of tweaks.

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vema123 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 124 Thanks: 18 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	2 different languages will hurt SEO? I have a domain (www.domain.com) that has ranked pretty good for several of its keywords (the posts are all in English). Now I'm considering having a subdomain (Indonesian.domain.com) of which posts will be in Indonesian. My concern is: will this Indonesian subdomain hurt my already ranked good English keywords? Thank you

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markowe The Wordbay Guy War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,532 Thanks: 185 Thanked 315 Times in 191 Posts Social Networking	Re: 2 different languages will hurt SEO? Yes, and also: 1) Register the subdomain in Webmaster Tools as a different site (perfectly OK) 2) Set the geographic target of that site in WT to Indonesia if that is where you are targetting traffic from. 3) Make sure the meta language tags in your html are set to the ISO codes for Indonesian (or whatever the exact language/dialect would be) for the subdomain. There are millions of multilingual sites around, even not hosted on separate subdomains (I have one), so you should be just fine.
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azmanar Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Malaysia Posts: 1,001 Blog Entries: 16 Thanks: 861 Thanked 290 Times in 224 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: 2 different languages will hurt SEO? Hi, From my experience, bi-lingual sites won't hurt SEO. I have several sites like this. I don't even register subdomains to split the languages. Each page holds 2 languages together - English and Malay. Also some pages are English only and some Malay only. Take a look at this LIVE example : www.pengasih.net In fact after I do this, the traffic volume increased 4 fold. It then stabilized at 3 fold than the previous (when they were using separate subdomains for English and Malay). And then after 4 months, it got Google PR4. I did the same for another site, the result is the same. SEO is about quality content, relevancy and a couple of tweaks.
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