1 multilingual site, 2 domains in different languages.
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My client wants a multilingual site: English and Spanish but with a domain name in both languages:
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Is it possible? To have 1 site with both domains pointing each one to its version? and how this affects SEO?
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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.
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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.
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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 USMany 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
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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
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