1 multilingual site, 2 domains in different languages.

[Trazo]

My client wants a multilingual site: English and Spanish but with a domain name in both languages:

jorgewantstofight.com

And

jorgequierepelear.com

Is it possible? To have 1 site with both domains pointing each one to its version? and how this affects SEO?

[kwoolf]

I agree with Nigel and Google. You will be spliting link juice between two domains rather than building a single domain using langauge subfolders. The language of the page should be documented in the html tag. https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-html-language-declarations This is the way to go.

[GastonRiera]

Yesterday it was a nightmare to leave an answer with links.
Those links where those I wanted to share here.

Here some useful resources, specially the ones from Aleyda Solis:

Hreflang generator - Aleyda Solis International SEO - Moz Learning Center The Guide to International Website Expansion: Hreflang, ccTLDs, & More! - Moz Blog The International SEO Checklist - Moz Blog Using the correct hreglang tag - Moz Blog Tool for checking hreflang anotations - Moz Blog

Hope it helps.
Best luck.
GR

[Nigel_Carr]

Hi Trazo

I would work on developing a simple brand name without a generic word in it that can be used in every country as a .com. I would then use subdomains to set up country and language-specific sites.

So make the site name 'Jorgevolo' or some clever multi-national name.

Then:
jorgevolo.com/us/en for the English version in the US
jorgevolo.com/us/es for the Spanish version in the US

Many multi-national companies do it this way and you don't see Marks & Spencer, Microsoft or Nike trying to translate their brand names do you? One brand name= one brand logo and a much easier multi-site to manage on one IP/server etc.

Then place an hreflang tag on each version and also a link between versions.

https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en

I hope that helps

Regards

Nigel

[GastonRiera]

Hi there!

Yeap, it is completely possible to be done. There is no risk in SEO. 
Hreflangs must be set up in perfection.

Hope it helps.
Best luck
GR