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    • EstebanCervi
      EstebanCervi last edited by

      Hello,

      Im running a multi-country domain with this structure:

      domain.com/ar/
      domain.com/mx/
      domain.com/cl/
      etc

      I also have:

      domain.com/int/ for x-default
      domain.com/category/ does a 301 redirect through IP geo-location to the correspondent url, example if your IP is from Mexico, then you got redirected to domain.com/mx/category/

      hreflang is correct.

      webmaster tool geo-location is correct.

      Example of the issue Im facing right now: When users from Chile do a keyword search in Google Chile, the domain ranks well but the URL that appears in the SERP is the /mx/ version, or the /int/ version or any other country version. Other times is the /cl/ version.

      The same happens for all the users / countries / keywords.

      I need to understand what Im doing wrong, because Google is not displaying in the SERP's the correct URL version for the country of the user who is doing the search.

      Thank you so much! I will appreciate your ideas.

      PS: I think I should try to change the 301 to a 302 redirect, or completely remove those redirects. Any ideas? Suggestions? Thanks!

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      • ederdesign
        ederdesign last edited by

        Hi Steban, just curious: why have you chosen 301 redirects to redirect to the specific countries.
        It seems to me that you should be using 302 redirects instead.

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