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Does Google treat "é" and "e" the same?

Discussion in 'Google' started by Rblakney, Jun 29, 2008.

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    Good Day,
    I am very new to SEO, and I have a question that may be very rudametary to some people, but I have searched for an answer and was unable to find one. So the question is, does google treat letters with accents(í,é) the same as their non-accented equivalents(i,e)?

    I am working on an english site in Mexico (aka México), and was wondering what to do with regards to getting the best out SERP.

    Thanks ahead of time for all your help.
     
    Rblakney, Jun 29, 2008 IP
  2. Camay123

    Camay123 Well-Known Member

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    I believe not. If I search on google.ca for MExico, I get results in english, including wikipedia in english, but If I search for México, the spanish version of wikipedia shows.

    However, when I look at google.com results, they are almost the same, except mexico got 606 millions results, while méxico gets 616 millions results.
     
    Camay123, Jun 29, 2008 IP
  3. IEmailer.com

    IEmailer.com Well-Known Member

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    Quick answer: NO - and sorry for the short post.
     
    IEmailer.com, Jun 29, 2008 IP
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    #4
    On bot's end, they are different characters and will be different names.
     
    WishBone, Jun 29, 2008 IP
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    enous Well-Known Member

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    Not, they are differ in Google's eyes
     
    enous, Jun 29, 2008 IP
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    #6
    they are totally different
     
    rootbinbash, Jun 29, 2008 IP
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    TheVccMatey Peon

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    No.. the code representations are different. The crawler does not read English.
     
    TheVccMatey, Jun 29, 2008 IP
  8. SEO_WatchDog

    SEO_WatchDog Well-Known Member

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    They are different - you would usually use a local Google (.es, .fr etc)
     
    SEO_WatchDog, Jun 30, 2008 IP
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    Answer 1:
    Yes

    Answer 2:
    No

    "See the difference?"
     
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    !Unreal Well-Known Member

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    Because essentially they are the same. They are just pronounced differently.
     
    !Unreal, Jun 30, 2008 IP