Website in 4 languages

by dodo34
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Hello,

i have a website with 4 languages.

www.mywebsite.at <-- in german
www.mywebsite.at/en for english
www.mywebsite.at/ru for russian
www.mywebsite.at/nl for dutch

i have set the language tags in wordpress. but google.co.uk finds and ranks my german website. i want that google uk ranks my english website.

Where is my mistake ?
#languages #website
  • Profile picture of the author kwmaster
    You have hard coded those urls and google found them all and gave weight to what it probably thought to be more original. As a programmer I would have placed an english website by default and only switch translations based on session (change session when the user requested it).

    If you wish however for all translations to get indexed I suggest you wait until google updates it's cache. It is pretty good at detecting languages so don't worry. Here's their wiki on this matter: Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Working with multilingual websites
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  • Profile picture of the author zhangyue
    Originally Posted by dodo34 View Post

    Hello,

    i have a website with 4 languages.

    www.mywebsite.at <-- in german
    www.mywebsite.at/en for english
    www.mywebsite.at/ru for russian
    www.mywebsite.at/nl for dutch

    i have set the language tags in wordpress. but google.co.uk finds and ranks my german website. i want that google uk ranks my english website.

    Where is my mistake ?
    Hi,
    Do you add geo meta tags on your language based website? If you don't so you can create geo meta and place on your sites. And do you change international targeting on Google webmaster tools?
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    • Profile picture of the author dodo34
      on google webmaster tools i cannot change to international targeting. only austria my local country is available for selecting. is this because of my ".at" domain ?
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      • Profile picture of the author zhangyue
        Originally Posted by dodo34 View Post

        on google webmaster tools i cannot change to international targeting. only austria my local country is available for selecting. is this because of my ".at" domain ?
        Sure, you can. You can do this by
        Code:
        https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/i18n?hl=en&siteUrl=http://yourdomainname.at/&tid=geo
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        • Profile picture of the author dodo34
          I get this error. i do not know how to change austria to international.



          When i click on "Learn more" then i get a window where i can select a property and then i get back to the first page.

          I am confused
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          • Profile picture of the author zhangyue
            Originally Posted by dodo34 View Post

            I get this error. i do not know how to change austria to international.



            When i click on "Learn more" then i get a window where i can select a property and then i get back to the first page.

            I am confused
            Me too, did you try using another Google account?
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  • Profile picture of the author dodo34
    with com domain it can be changed to any country, but with my .at domain i cannot change. its starnge. i need to find a solution for that.
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