Different TLD's same content - duplicate content? - And a problem in foreign googles?

[SEO_ACSI]

Hi,

Operating from the Netherlands with customers troughout Europe we have for some countries the same content. In the netherlands and Belgium Dutch is spoken and in Germany and Switserland German is spoken. For these countries the same content is provided.

1. Does Google see this as duplicate content?
2. Could it be possible that a german customer gets the Swiss website as a search result when googling in the German Google?

Thank you for your assistance!

kind regards,

Dennis Overbeek

Dennis@acsi.eu

[adrianvender1]

Google will not treat to similar-yet-translated content as duplicate content. Here's a video where Matt Cutts clarifies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNnMaYViYHc

Though it's technically possible for a german user to find your swiss site via a Google search (or vice versa) you can help instruct Google on the geotargeting preferences of those sites by either using specific geotargeted TLDs for each site, or by setting the Geotargeting settings appropriate in Google Webmaster Tools for each site.

[SEO_ACSI]

Hi Adrian,

Thank you for your response. This was really helpful.

Kind regards,

Dennis Overbeek