Thoughts on different base URLs for different website language?

[yacpro13]

Hello mozzers,

Currently in the process of setting up a new website for a new entity. I was wondering what your thoughts were on using different base urls for different languages. Example:

ABCgroup.com -> English
groupeABC.com -> French

I've never done this before; I've been one to prefer using a subfolder structure. However, for this case, the expected visitors are truly split between 2 languages, and therefore having a base url in the visitor's language is appealing.

Would this approach be detrimental if all pages have a proper hreflang tag?

Thanks!

[OlegKorneitchouk]

nope, totally okay. its like having brand.com vs brand.co.uk vs brand.es etc

[impactzoneco]

I agree with Oleg. So long as you link them all together with hreflang tags, you will be fine.

[yacpro13]

Thanks to both of you. Will go forward and implement this.

[impactzoneco]

You are quite welcome.