SEO for translated language

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Last updated by Laura 1 year, 10 months ago.

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November 21, 2023 at 11:57 am #14886091
guyM-10	Tell us what you are trying to do? Hello, i send you message earlier today, i have problem with my website. In my sitemap have /th/ for the translated page But it not promoted in google SEO same real page Its really bad, if i know will be problems with WPML SEO i might not purchase and not make my website using this plugin. Is there any way i can make everything run good? Now i search my content h1 in english i see myself 1st on google, but thai translated page not see. People tell me i did mistake using plugin like WPML and its wrong . Why not noticed SEO will be a problem before buy? Is there any documentation that you are following? Everything set up correctly Is there a similar example that we can see? Home page seach H1 text in google in thai and english What is the link to your site? hidden link
November 21, 2023 at 3:47 pm #14888787
guyM-10	I think about change the website structure from subdomain to directory, is it something that might help? thanks
November 21, 2023 at 4:20 pm #14889137
Laura WPML Supporter since 05/2018 Languages: English (English ) Italian (Italiano ) Timezone: Europe/Rome (GMT+02:00)	Hi, thanks for contacting us. WPML can't tell Google what and how to index. If you changed from subdomain to directories, it's possible Google needs to recrawl your site before indexing it. This might require weeks before it's done. Try asking Google for a recrawl but it's unlikely to be WPML related.