Has anybody tried replicating sites into other languages to rank?

Writerly said:

If you want to make your website multilingual, you could always start by installing the Google plugin. However, as we all know by now, these translations usually aren’t perfect, so they won’t help your website rank better.

Instead, I suggest hiring a translator and starting off with just one language. That way, your content will be unique and it won’t be flagged for plagiarism. Then, when your ranking improves and you start getting traffic from other countries, you can add more languages.

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VinodChaudhary said:

Yes, I have a lot of experience around it. The right way to do it is...

(1) get the content native speaker translated + add more country-specific content wherever possible.
(2) run sites as completely different sites (not replicas). Use country-specific TLD domains, different design themes, different website structure, and separate SEO campaigns.

That's it.

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TooCorny said:

Awesome thanks, mind if I domain for more questions?

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VinodChaudhary said:

You mean... you have more questions? You are welcome to ask, for sure.

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rafark said:

People have been doing this for decades. It more than works. In fact, in some industries like tech, most foreign blogs get their content from English sources.

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