Subdomain or Country Code Top Level Domain

[Bold]

Hello Friends,

I am planning to develop my website for other languages.

which one is best for SEO?

(The main English website is well ranked in google)

1. de.example.com (subdomain may obtain rank faster as it is part of the main website?)
2. example.de (this is a completely new one; so not easy to get rank?)

thank you
Barsbold

[ANGLERTechnologiesUSAInc]

Hello Bold,

It's better to choose the languages that you need it for users and deploy only those language translator APIs from Google or from other reliable sources.

Below given is the best one i.e., one domain for multiple locations drives-in professional brand name, traffic, users etc.

" 2. example.de (this is a completely new one; so not easy to get rank?) "

Best Regards.

[Alagurajeshwaran]

As your website got ranked in top positions use subfolders, let's say for an example if your primary domain in English is abc.com then have subfolder like www.abc.com/de/

Avoid choosing subdomain, If you go for a subdomain, you will lose your current authority as Google assumes subdomains as a separate domain.

As you wish to develop your website for other language use properly translated content from the native speaker of the language and use it under subfolders. If you simply use any API to translate your content then you will hit by Google's Panda Update for having poor content quality.

Avoid creating a new domain, instead, book that domain and redirect to the subfolder version (www.abc.com/de/)

Hope this strategy helps you!