Links in other language than site's language

[MarcoBernard]

I have a quick question regarding usage of links in my articles or website. As I already told in my last night question, I drive 2 french blogs. I'm wondering if putting on english sites links in my articles or pages to add complimentary infos on a particular topic would be useful or messy for my SEO. In other words, will Google be misled by the fact that I write in french and that I put english links ot ressources in my texts even if they are on a related topic

[RobCairns]

Hi Marco,

The short answer to this one is:

1. As long as the links you are creating to your site come from valid, authoritative sources, they won't hurt you.

• BUT-

2. They will not help you as much as they might if they were created from a French resource for your French blogs (based on pure relevancy).

The big issue you face is ensuring that your link sources are reliable, relevant and authoritative. If you can check off those boxes, your link profile will be just fine. Try to avoid anything that does not fall into these categories, since that might be viewed as spam (although Google is smart enough to know the content topic is the same, even if the language is different).

To summarize, I would go ahead and build those links (assuming they come from solid domains).

Hope this helps and feel free to reach out with any additional questions or for clarification.

Cheers,

Rob