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    • RodneyRiley
      RodneyRiley last edited by

      What is the best way to deal with multiple languages and multiple target markets? Is it better to use directories or sub-domains:

      English.domain.com

      Portuguese.domain.com

      Or

      Domain.com

      Domain.com/Portuguese

      Also should I use language meta tags to help the different language versions rank in different geographic areas e.g.

      Are there any examples of where this has been done well?

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      • Keszi
        Keszi last edited by

        Hi Rodney,

        The best... Well I would say to use dedicated ccTLD for each of the target zones.

        Still, if you want to go for one domain, then I would go for sub-folders (this is how we geo-target).

        As fair as I know, using sub-domains is less stronger from SEO point of view, you can transfer more "juice" to sub-folders than to sub-domains.

        I hope it helped,

        Istvan

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        • wojkwasi
          wojkwasi last edited by

          Go subfolders over subdomains if they are your options...

          Have a look at apple.com - e.g.

          • http://www.apple.com/pt/
          • http://www.apple.com/jp/
          • http://www.apple.com/au/
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          • RobertFisher
            RobertFisher last edited by

            This seems to be the question of the day. It was answered well by Rand about a year ago in this White Board Friday

            As to directories or subdomains, etc. this answers in variables as opposed to do this or do that. You should be able to decide after reading or watching.

            As to language meta tags, yes you want to use them and you want to target the country in your WMT as well. Especially with language variants like US vs. UK.

            Best

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            • Keszi
              Keszi @RobertFisher last edited by

              I would say... Best Answer!

              Great job Robert

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