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Idea: I create a website with the exact same website structure, css, etc but use two different domains and languages to serve 2 different target countries. Is there any problem with this (seo-wise) or the chance that google detects a website as duplicate and dont give rankings to both sites?

Website 1: example.de (everything in german)
Website 2: ejemplo.es (everything in spanish)

Has anyone done this maybe?

Background why I am thinking about this option:
- Using a translation plugin would reduce the page speed.
- A domain name + ending in the language of the audience would be beneficial
- For each country I would have to do SEO seperately anyway if I am not mistaken since google handles the de/es URL as individual entities?
 
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robo901 said:
- For each country I would have to do SEO seperately anyway if I am not mistaken since google handles the de/es URL as individual entities?
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Yes. But have you considered starting the site on a .com domain instead and making use of subdirectories for the different languages?

Site.com/es
Site.com/de

That way, they ride the wave of the authority of the domain and you only have to optimize one domain instead of two.
 
This would show that the same page is available in a different language:

<link rel="alternate" href="https://example.de/" hreflang="de-de" />
<link rel="alternate" href="https://ejemplo.es/" hreflang="es-es" />

If that is what you are looking for.

P.S. Someone, correct the code if I'm wrong :)
 
Sweely said:
Yes. But have you considered starting the site on a .com domain instead and making use of subdirectories for the different languages?

Site.com/es
Site.com/de

That way, they ride the wave of the authority of the domain and you only have to optimize one domain instead of two.
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That means if I had subdirectories and bought links for both urls (de + es) it would somewhat multiply the authority? Meaning if I buy backlinks for the Spanish site it would at the same time increase the authority of the German site (to a certain degree)?

Do you think google treats such subdirectories (.com/de) (which actually have the default language English) in the same way as an original (.de) domain with only German content?

Thats what Im wondering about cause I see mostly sites with only one language for my niche in the top 10.
 
GrizzlyBeardMan said:
This would show that the same page is available in a different language:

<link rel="alternate" href="https://example.de/" hreflang="de-de" />
<link rel="alternate" href="https://ejemplo.es/" hreflang="es-es" />

If that is what you are looking for.
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Im sorry I cant follow you. Would you mind to explain what you mean?
 
robo901 said:
That means if I had subdirectories and bought links for both urls (de + es) it would somewhat multiply the authority? Meaning if I buy backlinks for the Spanish site it would at the same time increase the authority of the German site (to a certain degree)?

Do you think google treats such subdirectories (.com/de) (which actually have the default language English) in the same way as an original (.de) domain with only German content?

Thats what Im wondering about cause I see mostly sites with only one language for my niche in the top 10.
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Yes.

If you build links to the homepage of the .com domain, both /ES and /DE will benefit.

If you build links to /ES or /DE, I suppose you could say they would both benefit from that as well. It would definitely count as an external link to the domain which gives you authority.

Do me a favor. Look at what the casino guys are doing.

Search Google for "site:johnslots.com" and see if you're able to get some ideas :)

The great thing about having a domain with authority is that if you ever were to add a third language - it will ride on the wave off the domain authority you already have :)

Get it?

This is how I advise people to do international SEO unless they have a good reason for only using unique cTLDS.
 
Sweely said:
Yes.
If you build links to /ES or /DE, I suppose you could say they would both benefit from that as well. It would definitely count as an external link to the domain which gives you authority.
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I checked a succesful competitor and he is building links to each subdomain. Like 800 links on root domain (ENG), 800 backlinkslinks from German sites to DE, 800 backlinks from Spain to ES, and so on.

1. Do you think that is a good practice or would you recommend to have a certain amount e.g. 50% of the links to the root domain and spread the rest on the subdomains? Whats more effective in your opinion?

2. I would like to start with targeting the german market. Would you say I need to build links for the root domain first or can I just start to build links for the german subdomain only?


Sweely said:
The great thing about having a domain with authority is that if you ever were to add a third language - it will ride on the wave off the domain authority you already have :)

Get it?
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I get it. Sounds good. Thanks for clarifying.

Sweely said:
This is how I advise people to do international SEO unless they have a good reason for only using unique cTLDS.
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What would be a good reason to only use unique country TLDs?
 
If the website is yours, you can simply search about Multilanguage SEO and best practices, there are plenty of articles about this
If you are trying to duplicate another competitor website, do not use G Translator and you should be good to go!
 
yes you can use but use hreflang to tell the bot about the different language pages of same content
 
I guess I will go for a multilangual page then. The only question that is left is: Do I choose English or German as default language? Does it make a difference?

Option 1 (english default):
ENG: example.com
GER: example.com/de - focus on building backlinks for this subdomain
ES: example.com/es

Option 2 (german default):
ENG: example.com/en
GER: example.com - focus on building backlinks for this domain
ES: example.com/es

Do you think option 2 has an seo advantage for rankings in germany or would I get the same results with option 1 (assumming that I buy the same backlinks for the german URL)?
 
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