Indexing based on location
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Hi everybody. Bit of an interesting question.
I have a client that wants to have the following pages on their site indexed:
example.fr/home.html on Google.fr for users based in France
example.com/fr/home.html on Google.com for users not based in France.So they wish to have both pages indexed in the end but not displayed to the same geographic users.
Not entirely sure the best way to go about this, so any tips would be much appreciated!
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Amazing, thank you
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Most likely using the rel="alternate" hreflang="x" tag, where X is not only the language but also the location. You should have something like this:
1st line tells the default page.
2nd line tells that visitors with french browsers in France should get that page.
3rd line tells that users with french browsers should get that other page.
Think the best way to apply that and you need to do it for each page that has different versions. Those lines are just for the homepage.
PS: That won't guarantee that Google will show the specific page you want, nothing can, but it will help Google understand the structure and serve the best page to the user.
Hope that helps!
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