Google Indexing
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Hi Everybody,
I am having kind of an issue when it comes to the results Google is showing on my site.
I have a multilingual site, which is main language is Catalan.
But of course if I am looking results in Spanish (google.es) or in English (google.com) I want Google to show the results with the proper URL, title and descriptions.
My brand is "Vallnord" so if you type this in Google you will be displayed the result in Catalan (Which is not optimized at all yet)
but if you search "vallnord.com/es" only then you will be displayed the result in Spanish
What do I have to do in order for Google to read this the way I want?
Regards,
Guido.
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Hi Hanna,
I have a quick question.
The language function should be added to every URL or just the home?
Thanks,
Guido.
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Hannah thanks a lot!:
I am forwarding both of the soutions to the webmaster so he can evaluate which will work better.
hope this works !
Regards,
Guido.
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Hi Guido,
This sort of issue isn't unusual unfortunately - however, just so you know I suspect that your location is affecting the results you're seeing - as when I search Google.com from here in the UK I'm seeing your English content ranking. However, when I search Google.es I'm seeing your Catalan content ranking so either way there are a few issues.
I suspect (although I can't be 100% sure) - that part of the issue is the Catalan vs Spanish content - as they do also speak Catalan in parts of Spain - it may be that Google is struggling to figure out which is the best content to display. There are two things that you can do:
- Set up geo-targeting via webmaster tools (if you haven't already done so) - there's a good guide here: http://www.seo-chicks.com/1463/geotargeting-on-the-same-domain-using-xml-sitemaps.html
NB - you can only do this if you are targeting specific countries - not languages. If for example you want to attract UK and US English visitors then do not implement this.
- Implement hreflang if your content is duplicate (i.e. it's the same content but in different languages):
In terms of implementation you need to place the tag on all versions of the page -
So on http://yourdomain.com/page-whatever you'd need:
So on http://yourdomain.com/page-whatever you'd need:
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