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Last updated by Andreas W. 1 year, 10 months ago.

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January 4, 2023 at 12:33 am #12748009

ramonY

Tell us what you are trying to do?
Hello gentlemen of wpml.org, I would like you to recommend which SEO option you recommend the most when choosing an option on how to configure the domains for each language, my goal is to position myself in the google search results:
- Different languages in the directories
- A different domain for each language
- Language name added as parameter

Stay tuned to your comments.

Is there any documentation that you are following? I have been searching the internet for some information but I would like you to recommend me the best option.

Is there a similar example that we can see? attached image

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January 4, 2023 at 5:01 am #12749031

Marcel
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Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: Europe/Madrid (GMT+01:00)

Hi,

before your ticket is assigned to one of my colleagues, please allow me to walk you through some initial debugging steps. This will help speed up the support process.

"Pretty Permalinks" using a language folder such as "/de" would be one of the best SEO practices and provides better ranking than parameters.

But it doesn't impact any difference if you use language folders or multi-domain. But that is just one part of your total SEO strategy and doesn't guarantee any good rankings in Google.

Best Regards
Marcel

January 6, 2023 at 8:19 pm #12766567

ramonY

Thank you very much for your answer. One question, for example when I am analyzing my web page with any SEO tool such as semrush.com, only the keywords in Spanish appear, and not the keywords that I have in different languages. The question is: Could it be that the keywords do not appear in different languages ​​because I am using another domain or sub domain for those languages?

Stay tuned to your comments.

January 6, 2023 at 8:27 pm #12766577

Andreas W.
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Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Hello,

Important is that those keywords and other attributes are translated when translating your content with the WPML Translation Editor.

Guide:
https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/using-wordpress-seo-with-wpml/#translate-page-seo-attributes

If Semrush is not capturing them, then this might be Semrush specific issue or question - make sure to verify your translations, their source code, and the Google indexes, in order to verify if the translations work as expected.

Best regards
Andreas

January 12, 2023 at 8:03 am #12801359

ramonY

Hello, I was reviewing the source code of the translations and indeed the keywords do not appear. I was checking wpml editor and everything is correct, there is no empty field.
What could be happening that the keyword does not appear in the source code in the translations?
Stay tuned to your comments.

January 12, 2023 at 2:23 pm #12806037

Andreas W.
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Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Hello,

In fact, in this case, we would need to investigate why it behaves like that.

This happens on all your content or only on specific pages or post types?

I see you use various Yoast SEO add-ons, like Local, News, WooCommerce, and Video - could this be related to one of those add-ons?

We need to somehow determine which plugins are involved in this issue, and it would be great if you could provide a staging site for testing this.

Would you be able to test, if this issue disappears, when testing the site only with WooCommerce, Yoast SEO and WPML, and our addons?

If you are unable to provide such a staging site, please provide me admin access to the site and I will take a copy of the site for investigating this issue but please also name me exact examples for testing.

You will find the needed fields for this below the comment area when you log in to leave your next reply. The information you will enter is private which means only you and I can see and have access to it.

Maybe I'll need to replicate your site locally. For this, I’ll need to temporarily install a plugin called “All In One WP Migration” on your site. This will allow me to create a copy of your site and your content. Once the problem is resolved I will delete the local site. Let me know if this is ok with you.

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Best regards
Andreas

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