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Same content, different languages. Duplicate content issue? | international SEO
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Hi,
If the "content" is the same, but is written in different languages, will Google see the articles as duplicate content?
If google won't see it as duplicate content. What is the profit of implementing the alternate lang tag?Kind regards,Jeroen -
If the content is the same, but translated, without the hreflang tag, it is duplicate content. The hreflang tag is there to serve as a signal that you know the content is the same but translated and you want Google to know that as well. This situation is exactly what hreflang is made for.
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Hi Logan,
Content is published on different TLD's ( .com, .eu, .nl and .be)
Kind regards,
Jeroen
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Hi Whebb,
The content is published on different domains. @ .com , .eu, .nl and .be ( last 2 are both duch).
Kind regards,
Jeroen
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Jeroen,
In addition to helping mitigate duplicate content, the hreflang tag you're referring to helps keep content in its respective version of Google. For example, you don't want English content showing up in Google.es (Spain), or German content showing in Google.co.uk.
How is the content broken out on the site, in different subfolders, subdomains, or TLD?
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Hello,
Is the content on the same domain or different domains? I ask because I recently came across a similar question in another Moz Q&A that may be of some use to you.
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