Question

I have an ASP.NET MVC application, and the visitors can select from two languages to view the site. My question is: should the url’s themselves also be language dependent, like:

/en/approach -> refers to the English page

/nl/aanpak -> refers to the Dutch page

or should I just use /en/approach for both english and dutch pages?

Thanks,
L

Answer 1

Like Phil said… It helps you, the search engine and helps your users understanding that it’s separated content.

And!:

Keep the content for each language on separate URLs. Don’t use cookies to show translated versions of the page. Consider cross-linking each language version of a page. That way, a French user who lands on the German version of your page can get to the right language version with a single click.

Avoid automatic redirection based on the user’s perceived language. These redirections could prevent users (and search engines) from viewing all the versions of your site.

  – Google, Multi-regional and multilingual sites