SBI and language choices

yackojo · #1 (**permalink**) 08-08-2009, 06:06 PM

hi guys!
i have a question that may sound a bit stupid but i really wish you could help me. actually i'm about to purchase SBI to build up my website and i was wondering if it offers an option where you can add other languages people could choose from or i have to build different sites in each of the languages i speak? this idea just came to my mind and i thought i loose nothing by asking about it and i know you guys are so well informed on this forum.

i speak 3 languages, do i then have to build 3 different sites with the same or different topics in each of the language that i speak?

thanks in advance for answering

ed7up · #2 (**permalink**) 08-16-2009, 02:06 PM

Each webpage can only be built once and SiteSell will slap your hand if you try and duplicate content - this is because search engines frown on it big time and they, as a host, would find there clients sites also marked down if it's a regular occurence. Since SiteSell is all about building success, this is a major issue for them!

English is the language of the web, and most keywords will be in English. My advice is Brainstorm your sites concept in English and then maybe use a few credits to see what brainstorming a word or very short phrase in another language brings up.

E.g.

Chicken
Chicken sandwich
Pollo (spanish for chicken)

Your primary aim should be to cater to the existing searches - so only build around what people are searching for. If there is massive demand for something in another language, then build something.

** If you're still stuck, you can embed a Google Translator widget at the bottom of each page for your users to translate your content. It's crude, but it's enough.

Good luck

yackojo · #3 (**permalink**) 08-17-2009, 04:04 AM

hi ed7up,
and again thank you for ur help. ur becoming my rescuer u always come out with an answer.thank you and God bless

West · #4 (**permalink**) 08-17-2009, 08:02 AM

If you produce the same page on the same site in a different language, that is not considered duplicate content. A lot of websites do this, including SBI sites.

I was playing around with building a few of my pages in Spanish, and the SBI system did let me build the page using the same content, keywords, descriptions, etc. But since the words were in a different language, it wasn't viewed as being duplicated.

ithinkican · #5 (**permalink**) 08-17-2009, 12:38 PM

I don't know about SBI!, but google has a multi language application that you can easily set to any site. I use it!

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