Multi Language Website

Thomas Andreas

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Hi,
do any of you guys have any experience running websites on multiple languages?
And if so do you see any benefits of having the same website in multiple languages in terms of keywords, ranking domain authority or other parameters.

and if for example you have a website written in English, is it ok to just have it directly translated into Italien, French, Spanish etc or do you receive penalties for this, or is there a clever way around that (this duplicate content).

finally what is they best way to set it. would it be like.
samename.com
samename.it
samename.sp

or samename.com
samename.com/it/...
samename.com/sp/...

Any thoughts.
 

xecutable

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Taken from the searchenginejournal guide written in the beginning of 2018:

A subdirectory will rank the fastest and is the choice of many large enterprise multinational websites (e.g., Apple, Samsung, HP).

hence the second sites that you have linked. For the full article you can see here: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/subdomain-subdirectory-cctld/226545/

Explains why the other 2 options are no longer preferred/viable in terms of SEO.
 
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