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alex-party · 03-13-2007, 05:36 PM

Hi,
I've created multilingual web site and now I'm thinking how google will parse this web site.
The trick is that sitemap (url's) within the web site does not change when user switches language. I.e:

"index.php?page=home" [en] -> changes content and keywords
"index.php?page=home" [de] -> changes content and keywords

+Links that switch the content:
"index.php?lang=en" -> switch content under "home page"
"index.php?lang=de" -> switch content under "home page"

So, google will be looking at the same page(url), but reading different contents!

How is it going to add both pages in database and show them in search results?
Or is it going to overwrite contents with the last page it found ([de] in this case) ?

Any ideas welcome!
Thanks!

03-13-2007, 05:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
alex-party Elite Googler Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 1,085 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Multilingual Sitemap Hi, I've created multilingual web site and now I'm thinking how google will parse this web site. The trick is that sitemap (url's) within the web site does not change when user switches language. I.e: "index.php?page=home" [en] -> changes content and keywords "index.php?page=home" [de] -> changes content and keywords +Links that switch the content: "index.php?lang=en" -> switch content under "home page" "index.php?lang=de" -> switch content under "home page" So, google will be looking at the same page(url), but reading different contents! How is it going to add both pages in database and show them in search results? Or is it going to overwrite contents with the last page it found ([de] in this case) ? Any ideas welcome! Thanks! Last edited by alex-party; 03-13-2007 at 07:48 PM.