Multilanguage and Google (SEO)

[Uvo]

Hello prestashop's friends,

 

I'm developping a new website and for the first time i want to make this website multilingue..

 

But i'm not sure about the optimisation of the SEO with the prestashop URL (www.mywebsite.com/fr/ or www.mywebsite.com/en/)...

 

That's why i want the help of the prestashop community for advices about multinguage on prestashop

 

Thanks in advance for your help,

(sorry for my poor english)

Martin

[Sneaky]

There are many ways to do that and YOU are the only one who can make the choice. In all cases you should have all your texts in both langages. After you can think about your website : does your website got many pages or just a few ? (not than 30 more). You can make the choice with this questions cause some people that got many pages often prefer to get two separate website on two domains : mywebsite.fr and mywebsite.en and they manage the both on just one dashboard. 

[Uvo]

Hello

 

Thanks for your answer.

 

My website will have more thank 30 pages.. Currently i have bought a domain : www.mysite.com. So you recommend for google to buy domain like www.mysite.fr ...

And how to manage all the different domain in prestashop after this ? 

 

Thanks for you help,

Martin

[leni.werfel]

From many aspect, purchasing several domains is a better option... except from the price aspect.

With several domains geotargeting is easier, although impossible to change... cause, you know, domain name is a domain name

 

On the other hand, one website .com with several languages is easier to advertise. Also it is more user-friendly

[johnwolf]

You can use the same site for multi-language, all you have to do is to use a language pack. Step by steps guide is given here, hopefully you can do it easily. www.leotheme.com/blog/prestashop/272-how-to-translate-prestashop-1-6-theme-and-modules.html

[Zohaib-fk]

Hi,

There are lots of multilingual websites developed using prestashop. By visiting those website and navigating some pages you will get an idea how it works.

The multilingual website option is better than multiple domain and save money.

PrestaShop Tutorials Videos [How to do Tasks]

https://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/907438-prestashop-tutorials-videos-how-to-do-tasks/

Edited June 23, 2021 by Zohaib-fk
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[johnwolf]

Agree with @Zohaib82, because managing all sites from single backend is easy. Just you need to translate languages, content pages, modules and profiles. You can get more idea for doing this here in this step by step guide here: http://www.fmemodules.com/en/blog/33-how-to-create-multi-language-prestashop-store

 

Multi-language site is most important for business because some countries like Brazil and Spain prefer their own languages rather than just remaining on universal language English. I have seen one site that was only applicable in English i.e. xyz.com/en/ and when i tried to open it in Brazilian language i.e. xyz.com/br/ it opened liked a shit, All mixed up.Therefore, it is better to use multi-language.