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SEO foundations for multilingual websites

Design canonical URLs and alternate-language signals around translations that readers can actually access.

Multilingual SEO starts with stable URLs and honest availability signals. A shared English slug keeps content identity consistent across languages.

Canonical and alternate URLs

A translated page points to itself as canonical. Its alternate links include only other published translations, with the English page acting as the default.

Fallback without changing the interface

When a translation is missing, the requested URL can keep the selected interface language while the article uses the English original and its canonical URL.

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