Question for those of you with sites in multiple languages Is there worry regarding duplicate content penalty? Thanks for your input. Shannon
If the languages are one of these : http://www.google.com/translate_t You should worry a bit. Google knows sinonims, anthonims, relevant niche keywords. He can translate, interpret and give sense to a phrase, as well as compare that phrase (quantity, meaning, relevance, density) with another phrase. If the language is not of the ones found in the above form, i would say go for it Anyway, IMO, 85% you could post duplicate content, but in different languages, without any problem.
I dont think so---I have 7 or 8 pages that are very good translations to Spanish. The pages all rank well for whatever it is they do- Something would have to be awfully simple to set off a duplicate filter...if a translation tool were used to compare. My name is ROAR. I live in a blue house with 3 windows. etc
Okay... I have a site visited by many German, Polish, Dutch and Spanish Elvis fans... how do I get my site translated into different languages... Do I just place a code into the site or do I have to manually translate every page individually... with over 300+ pages that would be big ask... Thanks....
There are translation programs available. In fact, google provides translator for certain languages. Suspect the quality of garbage out is high. The best way is to get someone who speaks the language to translate for you. In your case it sounds like a huge expense. Shannon
So what are you saying .... that I would need to translate every article into 3 different languages one by one... I'm asking is there a program that would translate my whole site (every article) into the languages I want by simply setting a HTML code into each page.... thanks,
From what I have read there are programs that will do the translations, they just are not very accurate. Unless you speak the language yourself, you will not be in a position to judge how good or bad they actually are. I have had no experience with copies of sites in multiple languages. We want to put copies of several handbooks online in multiple languages. I, like you, am trying to learn more about this. Shannon
http://www.google.com/translate_t It's the best computed traslation in the world i could ever find. Altough it's the best computed one, it's not perfect. As Smyrl said, if you are not a good knower of that language, you can;t know if the translation is gramaticcly correct.