Multi- language URL best practices
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we have two different content perlanguage (Fr. EN )) they are not Duplicated and they are completly different. what is better for the URL a language sub domain or a folder fr.mycompany.com or mycompany.com/fr/
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I think there is no easy answer as both have advantages and disadvantages. Rand discusses the different options here: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/international-seo-where-to-host-and-how-to-target-whiteboard-friday
I think this is a good start, and from there you will have to make up your mind. We use fr.mydomain.com, and I am happy with the set-up, as it gives you a better URL structure with less sub folders, making the site more easily indexable.
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I prefer to use mycompany.com / fr / if there is a common point of mycompany.com, although the language is different.
If eachcontent is different, perhaps you would use the issue within the subdomain
I'm thinking about the relevance transfer of subdomains and subfolders.
Regards.
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the country domain cant determine the languauge for example in canada they speak both frensh and english ,so we cant determine the language form the top level domain
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If I were you, I would try to apply for mycompany.fr ( for france focus website ), in france peoples are more likelly to click in results which have .FR
and another domain name focus in english , as you said: mycompany.com
My opinion.
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