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by marci11

Posted: 14 years ago 12 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

There is a website created specifically for the local U.S. market, thus being a dot com. Eventually, it will branch out and include international markets and will need to be viewed in their respective languages.

For SEO, is it better to keep adding those international pages within your website or would you create brand new websites that look similar to the original but have the respective extensions (dot uk or dot ca, etc.)?

I keep thinking, with the latter suggestion, that G will look at all of the different domains, see the same content, and think they are duplicate content, then burying all the sites in the SERPs. What do you pros think??

#international #languages #markets #serps

Istvan Horvath 14 years ago

If it is in a different language - it is NOT the same content. Not even G. is that dumb...
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Alexa Smith

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by marci11

I keep thinking, with the latter suggestion, that G will look at all of the different domains, see the same content, and think they are duplicate content, then burying all the sites in the SERPs. What do you pros think??

I agree with Istvan.

And will add that even if they were in the same language, that still wouldn't be duplicate content, anyway: it would be syndicated content, for which no site has ever been "buried in the SERPs", nor will be, according to Google.

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marci11

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

And will add that even if they were in the same language, that still wouldn't be duplicate content, anyway: it would be syndicated content, for which no site has ever been "buried in the SERPs", nor will be, according to Google.

Okay, that makes better sense now. Thank you. I just wanted to make sure before making any mistakes.

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marci11

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Chris Kent

A lot of sites these days use different subdomains for different languages. It seems to be a trend and is definitely not a bad idea.

In the past, they might have used different sub-folders only. Subdomains seem a little nicer but I don't know if they are better SEO-wise.

I found a useful article here in case anyone's interested. wpml.org/2009/04/domain-per-language-subdomains-or-language-folders/

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marci11 14 years ago

Originally Posted by marci11

I found a useful article here in case anyone's interested. wpml.org/2009/04/domain-per-language-subdomains-or-language-folders/

From the article: "The rest of us, who run translated contents, should stick to language folders or language sub domains."

So I think that makes my decision - to make either language folders or sub domains. Thanks for everyone's input.
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seasoned 14 years ago

Istvan IS saying something I have said for a LONG while! EVEN if the language were the SAME, the laws, customs, points of reference, etc.... are DIFFERENT! The US, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, India would ALL be a little different. Anecdotes, USPs, etc.... may ALL be different. Simply translate a site, and the other cultures may have to google things, etc...

Ever see "other end of the line"? The Other End of the Line (2008) BOTH people are speaking english well, but one wants to look AMERICAN! Every time the other says something she ends up googling, etc... Granted that is OBVIOUS, but on websites it can be pretty subtle.

And we haven't even gotten to LANGUAGE! GOOD LUCK using a translation program. Just try translating english to another language, and translation it back. Talk about something getting lost in the translation!

And what of pictures?

Steve
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Magdalena Balibrea 13 years ago

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- Istvan Horvath 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Magdalena Balibrea
  
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  Gary King 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Magdalena Balibrea
  
  I am a professional Spanish writer and translator. I have pretty affordable rates for Warriors. Please check the website on my sig for info.
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  Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath
  
  I think you are professional spammer...
  
  Agreed with Istvan here... not sure how you took from the original post that this person was asking for translation services. She's asking about sites in different languages, but NOT soliciting a service provider.
  
  You may want to be careful how you offer your services in the forum... many won't take kindly to what seems like a blatant ad in a discussion forum.
  
  Post a WSO or a Classified ad to sell your wares please.
  
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  SantiSantana 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath
  
  I think you are professional spammer...
  
  As Leo Di Caprio said in "Catch me if you can":
  
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Istvan Horvath 13 years ago

I have to confess I immediately reported her post(s) after I told her she was a spammer

Most of the time it's not worth replying to spam - just report it: click on the little triangle with the ! in the middle...
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