Ask HN: Multi-Language Site and SEO

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2 points by parisianka 1844 days ago

Hello,

can you tell me please, does adding more languages to the website affect my Seo in the USA search results (English)?

What to choose: sub-directories or sub-domains, ex. fr.example.com VS example.com/fr ?

Thank you.

1 comments

It should not affect rankings. Technically, traffic should improve by having multiple locales.

With our sites at (https://pinkpigeon.co.uk), we use sub-directories, such as example.com/fr.

This guy has some good info (but is a bit spammy with the hard sell): https://neilpatel.com/blog/international-seo/

And here is some more info I have found useful in the past: https://translatepress.com/seo-multiple-languages/

Thank you!