For questions about handling multiple human languages
This tag is for questions about handling multiple languages, or specific non-English language issues (e.g. character sets).
Questions tagged [language]
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How should I structure my URLs for both SEO and localization?
When I set up a site in multiple languages, how should I set up my URLs for search engines and usability?
Let's say my site is www.example.com, and I'm translating into French and Spanish. What is best for usability and SEO?
Directory…
artlung
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Same Arabic phrase encoding into two different urls, why? How to handle?
I have a multi-lingual site which two arabic phrases which to my eye (and to the Arabic speakers I've asked) looks the same, but they encode differently.
إعادةصياغةالنصتلقائياباللغةالعربيةمجانا becomes…
Kevin Danikowski
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Why is a message showing in Google Analytics language column?
Today, I watched my website statistics, and I saw there a language called:
You are invited! Enter only with this ticket URL. Copy it. Vote for Trump!
I have seen on another forum that I am not the only one that has it.
I don't know…
Jakub Kliský
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language+region value of the HTML5 lang attribute
I'm working on a website which will offer localized content following the language+region approach as described on this W3.org page (e.g. fr-CA for Canadian French content, and fr-FR for "French French" content). As we consider content for each…
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For SEO, should the path portion of the URL be localized?
I have a site that have localized content. I would like to know if it's really important to also translate the URL paths to access the content. For example:
Today, I'm handling the URLS like…
John John
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Alternative to .htaccess (due to bad performance)
I've been told that .htaccess should be avoided when possible, as it reduces the server performance and new servers disable it or just don't implement it any more. I don't know how true this is, but if so I wish to find an alternative to rewrite my…
Dane411
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How does SEO work for "non standard" languages?
I couldn't find a better word than "non standard" to describe my native language. It is quite an old language and it is spoken by around seven million people.
The problem is that most of the people don't write it correctly. For example: the…
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Difference between meta tags Content-Language and language
What's the difference between these two meta-tags
Are they both needed?
eric
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Why would my website language be incorrectly detected, and how do I set it to the right language?
When I visit my personal website on my phone (chrome app), the page language is detected as 'Portuguese' and asks me if I want to translate it. However the page is in English and I have set the language to English using the tag:
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Is it better to have one website with two languages or two websites with different languages in terms of SEO?
I would like to know if in terms of SEO, is it better have one website with two languages or two websites with different languages?
For example, I would like to have a website with the content in English and Spanish, but not sure if I should keep…
user38571
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When selecting the language of a web page solely with content negotiation, will a search engine ever see different languages?
I've done a simple, small site which basically only consists of a single page. Simplicity and no clutter are very intentional here and (imho) work quite well for this from a UX standpoint.
Now I'm thinking of translating what little content there is…
Joey
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Recommended approach for slug generation with multiple languages
I am building a website that will be available in multiple countries. Each country's content will be unique to that country, but each country's content will be offered in multiple languages, using the hreflang mechanism.
The URL structure of the…
BrynJ
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How to make sure Chinese text is rendered in webpage?
I'm making a webpage that's partly in Chinese. I use the UTF-8 encoding for all text. The page contains some parts that are in Chinese, mixed with western letters. The font I use for western text doesn't have Chinese characters in it, so I want the…
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Can a element's href attribute be relative?
Can I use:
to link pages with different languages for SEO (recommended for example by Google)? Can that URL be relative as in the example above, or does it have to be full (start with…
PetaspeedBeaver
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SEO impact of using non-Latin characters in URL
Is there a negative SEO impact if I use non-Latin characters in my URL?
For example, suppose I want to have a page about sweets. I am targeting the keyword お菓子 which is in Japanese. Should I go for お菓子.html or use sweets.html instead?
Are Japanese…
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