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    • BruLee
      BruLee last edited by

      Hey guys,

      A site that I'm currently working on as different domains for each website language.

      So for example:

      word1word2.com for the english version

      word3word4.com for the french version

      word5word6.com for spanish version ....

      Is it better to move all of the different languages to the same domain and use subfolders for each language /fr/...

      Please note that the domains being used bring in organic traffic as well as they are EMDs.

      Thank You.

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      • ChrisCountey
        ChrisCountey last edited by

        Hi BruLee,

        I'd recommend setting up directories for each language and using the

        rel="alternate" hreflang="x" tag

        For more info how to use it: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=189077

        Good luck!

        Chris

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