Google+ multiple languages
-
I'm facing the following situation:
We have a website (barcelonacheckin.com) with multiple languages. Each language has each own url. For instance English is barcelonacheckin.com/en and Spanish is barcelonacheckin.com/es.
If I'm right there seems to be a relation between the number of +1's and ranking in Google. Therefore we created a Google+ business page (https://plus.google.com/101996769636292908838) and we linked it to the english page of our web-site.
The number of +1's on our business page is in sync with our English landing page.
Now we want also to gather many +1's in the other languages. But it seems that you can only connect one Google+ business page to one web page. My question is. Whould it be smart to make a separate Google+ business page for each language?
I wonder how other multilingual web-sites are dealing with Google+.
-
Good discussion going on here. I did want to highlight this Google Forum discussion in case it would help with this topic: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!searchin/business/language/business/m9ye2hHR5Nw/nlzE_WQgKf4J
-
Happy to help, good luck let us know how it goes
-
Thank you for your reply. We will go for it.
-
Well the way Google looks at everything is "what's best for the user" and the same should really go for this, What would be best for the user experience, if you want to build a community then multilingual community then I would go for it as it would reinforce that you're there for your community and at the end of the day Google loves user experience.
Research and advice is always good though so don't be afraid to get more opinions & options!
-
We will be interacting with our community in various languages.
Actually my main question is: Would it be smart to create a separate Google+ page for each language? So barcelonacheckin.com/en has a link to the English Google+ page with rel=publisher and for instance barcelonacheckin.com/it has a link to the Italian Google+ page.
Our main goals is getting better ranks.
-
Firstly would you be using all the pages? What I mean is Would you be interacting with your community through them or would you most just be using your English page? If your mostly going to use one it would look better because of the engagement you would get through that.
Not sure if it would help but you may find this page helpful (half way down near bottom of the article).
Other options is rel=author. Really you need to think what do you want to get out of it, is it for rankings, is it for engagement/community ?
Technically you could get barcelonacheckin.en and redirect to barcelonacheckin.com/en thus get the ability to have more than one G+
Hope something in that lot helps you.
Best of luck.
Got a burning SEO question?
Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.
Browse Questions
Explore more categories
-
Moz Tools
Chat with the community about the Moz tools.
-
SEO Tactics
Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers
-
Community
Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!
-
Digital Marketing
Chat about tactics outside of SEO
-
Research & Trends
Dive into research and trends in the search industry.
-
Support
Connect on product support and feature requests.
Related Questions
-
Why is Google appending a different website's brand name to the end of SERP title?
I've recently been shown some SERP results where Google is appending a different website's brand name to the end of the SERP title. It's actually rewriting the brand's name to that of the other website. (This is obviously not ideal.) Why would this be? The other website doesn't even stock the same product, so there shouldn't be any confusion there. But even if it did, many websites stock the same products. Just confusing...
Branding | | Ria_1 -
Google+ how to optimize [best practice tips]
I would like to learn more about Google+ optimization to help the brand and rankings, etc of the company I work for but I do not know where to begin. Anyone with advice? Or links to this type of information? The website is www.stillfrisky.com Thank you, Gina
Branding | | gina_m0 -
How to improve the quality score (QS) when bidding on competitor brand names in Google Adwords?
Hi, I have researched few sites on this topic and I could see that the competitor keyword should match with the add text relevance, landing page relevance and CTR. Any other factors more to be included to improve the quality score? Reference: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2285536/Google-Updates-How-AdWords-Quality-Score-is-Reported
Branding | | zco_seo0 -
Legacy Locations and Google Local - How to Handle
Hello - I'm working with a client who has some transitioning brands - and they're hesitant to change the legacy branding in Google Local and on their website because they're afraid of losing traffic from the old brand. Is there a standard practice for keeping traffic on the old brand terms, while still adjusting to the new branding on Google/Yahoo/Bing? Thanks,
Branding | | WebTalent0 -
Google auto-correct affecting one of my keywords
Hi there, I have a keyword "finao montreal" that used to rank 8 or 9 in Google serp. All of a sudden it dropped under the top 50 results, I was wondering why and I found out that Google now auto-corrects "finao montreal" to "final montreal". Finao is a well know brand of custom high-end photo albums and I find it strange that Google corrects it. Anyone has an idea on what to do with this situation? Is there a way to provide Google some feedback about the autocorrect?
Branding | | valadas0 -
Different zoom levels of spots in Google Maps
Most roadmap imagery is available from zoom levels 0 to 18, for example. With zoom level 0 the whole world can be visible. As we all know, the more we zoom in on Google Maps, the more spots (e.g. name of restaurants, hotels etc.) are visible. Some spots are visible "sooner" - with a lower zoom level, which is of course better for the company. Some companies are only visible with a very high zoom level. If I have a highly branded company is the zoom level lower? Is this the answer for the different display?
Branding | | petrakraft1 -
What is the impact of the new google+ share button on SERP
Hello mozzers, I'm currently wondering what will be the impact of the new social signal ( Google+ Share ) on SERP an organic traffic. As we all know by now , Facebook share have an higher social signal authority then the Facebook like on SERP @Randfish posted some great info at: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/facebook-twitters-influence-google-search-rankings Since Google rolled out the new Google+ Share social signa at : https://developers.google.com/+/plugins/share/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=gplusdevelopers&utm_campaign=shareplugin I was wondering if somebody had the chance to do some clear testing on the SERP impact of this new social signal even if its a fresh addition to the social signals. Best regards, Yan Desjardins - Online marketing manager
Branding | | SherWeb0