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Best site structure for multilingual site with several tld's?

         

Brim

9:38 pm on Dec 10, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Can anyone help me with the following, please?

I've got one domain name with three nation specific tld's, .nl, .com and .co.uk. Only the .nl domain has a hosting package. All three domains now point to the index.html page, which is in Dutch.

What I want is that the .com and .co.uk pages are redirected to the English translations that are also available via the .nl domain. Can I do this without being penalized by Google? And what is the usual site structure for a multilingual site with multiple tld's?

Cheers

bill

5:18 am on Dec 11, 2008 (gmt 0)

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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Brim.

Each ccTLD is treated as a separate site. Separate the content out into each respective site. You can host all the domains on the same server if you like, but often it is suggested to host locally in the target country. At least with Google you can use their webmaster tools to target the site to a country market.

Brim

12:34 pm on Dec 11, 2008 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Thank you, Bill, I wasn't entirely sure about that.

cheers