Create an english version on different domains for better seo?
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hi seo addicted,
i've got a question for you: i've recently created the english version of a site. to do this i decided to create the same site into another domain becouse i must index the site in others countries. But now i've got some seo problems; in fact if you search for "zenucchi" the first result is zenucchi.com ( the new one )... on the contrary if you searched for that query before it would appear zenucchi.it with 6 under result insted of the .com ..
the point is:
1. is that becouse i've made a mistake by buying to different domains?
2. how can i fix it ?
hope to recive some answers....
thanks, guido
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thanks mr seo,
i've just cancelled the php redirtect code.... it must be the source of my seo problems....
anyway, i would like to create different sites, but if somebody would like to see the english version?
in that case, should i put a link to the english site? but should i redirect every single page to the corresponding ? or is it better to put a generic link that points to the english home page ?
thanks from a jounior
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to shift from one language to the others i decided to put a php code that automatically recognizes the browser language and redirects users from .it to .com and vice versa, do you think is a good choice?
I'm pretty sure that's not a good idea. For one, when Googlebot comes to your site, it will probably always get redirected to your .COM domain ( depending on how you have the redirect setup, but I'm sure it doesn't have show itself having Italian browser language) - so your Italian language content would never end up getting indexed. This is also probably the cause of the 302 redirect I see when I come to your site.
The most pure SEO way of setting this up would be to make two separate sites (two separate virtual hosts on your server), the Italian one, and the English one. Each time you have new contents, just add it to the appropriate site.
There are lots of debates about the best way to setup multi language sites. The most common options are either a sub folder, a sub domain, or a separate domain. Since you've chosen to do a separate domain, you should go ahead and set it up as a unique site, rather than tricky server side redirects, which will confuse those silly search engine spiders!
Lots of companies have setup separate international domains, for example:
http://www.coca-cola.com/en/index.html
http://www.coca-cola.com.cn/#/home
Sincerely,
Mr SEO Addicted
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Hi mr. seo addicted,
first of all thank you for the answer..
i don't know why a 302 redirect is now placed in..anyway my goal is to index the two site in different country, one in italy and one in the united states; so i'll follow your advice setting different geotargeting option... about the content i'm creating unique content except for the blog that is still under translation..
to shift from one language to the others i decided to put a php code that automatically recognizes the browser language and redirects users from .it to .com and vice versa, do you think is a good choice?
finally could you please help me to find the 302 redirect?
thank's for the precious help...
Guido ( seo addicted jounior )
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Guido - the reason the .com version is showing up now, is because you have the .IT version redirecting to the .COM version ( a 302 redirect is in place now ). As long as you have that, you won't see the .IT version in the search results.
What's your goal here? You'll have an Italian language (.IT) version of the site, and an English version (.COM)?
I would make a clear project plan for each site first, including creating the content for all of the different sites. If you really want to go ahead with this plan, I would make unique English language content for the .COM site, and unique Italian language content for the .IT site.
Then, register each site with Google Webmaster Tools, and set the geotargeting option to the specific target country for each site.
If you just want to have a single website - the .IT version - then just use a 301 redirect to point the .COM version to the .IT version.
Let me know if you have any other questions ~
Sincerely,
Mr SEO Addicted
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