SEO for multilingual and multiregional site seperated with subdirectories on same domain
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Hi all,
I am working on a website that is multilingual and multiregional.
The site is on a single TDL where the countries are seperated with subdirectories.
I am only working with SEO for one country, so just one of the subdirectories.
Do you guys have any tips on important stuff to remember when doing SEO for this site?
Any pros or cons for this?Ty
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I suggest you to look at this sources:
- http://moz.com/blog/the-international-seo-checklist
- http://moz.com/blog/international-seo-dropping-the-information-dust (don't consider the hreflang chapter, though, because that information I gave is outdated, About it look at the post below);
- http://moz.com/blog/hreflang-behaviour-insights
- http://www.slideshare.net/aleydasolis/maximizing-your-content-for-your-seo-process-seozone2014
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I would make sure each page specifies the language it's in. Google has an easy way for you to identify the language, either through a meta tag or sitemap.
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