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Good day to you and Happy Valentines day!
I'm considering taking the idea to offer my site in Spanish as well as English because there would be MUCH less competition an
From what you write, this would mean different physical versions of the same post on the site. Not sure if plugins would do this for you.
But you can use a translate plugin that will show almost any language version to your visitor based on his/her detected IP address. In this case you have no way to control how it is translated and what it shows. I used this and removed later, do not remember why.
Hmm, I wonder why you removed it! But is does mean that it's something I could 'try out' without being too scared of it doing damage. . .
I'm still reading all about it and a bit out of my depth - but I'll keep on investigating.
Actually, maybe I'll install a plugin on my test site now, having read this.
Thank you Jovo!
Soraya
Hi Soraya. Yes - my site is in English and translated into Russian. I used Google translate which wasn't the best of ideas.
The ideal way to do it is to have a Spanish flag at the top of your site. You often see it on websites and when you click on it translates the whole site to the chosen language. Put some tags in Spanish on your site too for Google to index.
Sorry, I can't help further. I'm sure others will jump in with far greater knowledge than I do to answer your question.
Paul
Yeah, Sorayacge. It's still on and ranks on Google's first page for my keywords. I'm too lazy to change it lolz.
Paul
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Have you got a multi-lingual site?
Good day to you and Happy Valentines day!
I'm considering taking the idea to offer my site in Spanish as well as English because there would be MUCH less competition an
Depending on your audience and who | what you are marketing to? Does location matters? Is your business more dependent on local marketing?
You may follow up on the below resource
https://wpml.org/community/2018/07/multilingual-business-website/
You may also follow Jay's webinars for local marketing.
As far as the how-to
https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-easily-create-a-multilingual-wordpress-site/
https://weglot.com/how-to-create-a-bilingual-website/
https://neilpatel.com/blog/international-seo/
Hi Abie,
Thanks for the resources which I will go and check out!
I assume you haven't got a multi language site yourself?
Thank you!
Soraya
From what you write, this would mean different physical versions of the same post on the site. Not sure if plugins would do this for you.
But you can use a translate plugin that will show almost any language version to your visitor based on his/her detected IP address. In this case you have no way to control how it is translated and what it shows. I used this and removed later, do not remember why.
Hmm, I wonder why you removed it! But is does mean that it's something I could 'try out' without being too scared of it doing damage. . .
I'm still reading all about it and a bit out of my depth - but I'll keep on investigating.
Actually, maybe I'll install a plugin on my test site now, having read this.
Thank you Jovo!
Soraya
Hi Soraya. Yes - my site is in English and translated into Russian. I used Google translate which wasn't the best of ideas.
The ideal way to do it is to have a Spanish flag at the top of your site. You often see it on websites and when you click on it translates the whole site to the chosen language. Put some tags in Spanish on your site too for Google to index.
Sorry, I can't help further. I'm sure others will jump in with far greater knowledge than I do to answer your question.
Paul
Yeah, Sorayacge. It's still on and ranks on Google's first page for my keywords. I'm too lazy to change it lolz.
Paul
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I thought that adding a meta tag to the homepage would be the same as verifying the site ownership for Google analytics for example - adding a tag to the head section - but it
I keep the lines green.
Tutorials SEO Knowledge: Meta Title SEO Knowledge: Meta Description If you are on mobile, adding one or two characters, then delete you are able to.
If title and tagline (Just another WordPress site), settings > general edit and save changes. Setting Your Website Up for Search Engines (Using The SEO Framework)
Hi Abie, it isn't the meta title or meta description I'm looking for, it's putting a meta tag on my homepage when my homepage has the recent blogs rolling on it.
So I don't know where to go to add the meta tag.
Most likely no need for plugins.
Try this:
AIO General Settings, Webmaster Tools, scroll down to Miscellaneous Verification, this is the area where you should add various codes for such verifications.
Alternative if you use GP Premium theme, Appearance, Elements, Header, then probably choose Hook etc.
I do use GP but it says there are no elements found when I go there. Same with AIO general settings - just the licence key.
It should be a simple thing. On any other page I could just scroll down to AIO and add the meta tag but it's the homepage and it isn't static, so where do I access it to edit it? I mean it isn't actually a page but a place for the blog roll so I don't know where to access it in edit form.
In GP this is only in Premium version I think. Elements should be enabled, just one click, see screensho1
In aio, see the two screesnhost, it should be there. Let me know if you find these things.
I think terminology they use is confusing. This is not the usual meta tag/description which you are mentioning for posts and pages, so this is not something to edit of that type.
It does not matter static home page or not. Such things are under AIO, Search Appearance, Global Setting, scroll down and you will see meta description for home page.
But this is not what you need here. This is about some code verification.
Yes you're right, this is a meta tag to identify that it's my page for an affiliate program - flexoffers - do you know them? It seems like an easy addition to use for my site. I have emailed them but so far no response.
Now to the images, yes I have both of those, just not sure after that. If I click on elements in GP I see this. . .(and yes it's premium)
It is probably easier in AIO because you should only paste the code in that window which I shown (and save of curse).
In Elements, click Add New Element, then you have options, choose Header or Hook. I think both will give the same result, so try one. This is just to create a place to add such a verification code.
There will be then option to choose in Display Rules, so probably you can choose Home Page option. After that save.
This is a great addition in WP, I used it for Pinterest verifications and a few other things
Oh that’s great! I would never have realized that! Thanks so much Jovo, I will give it a try later when I’m back at the computer.
Hey Soraya,
In checking your profile for your website URL, I noticed you don't have your list of links, so I'm unable to see exactly which plugins your site uses; therefore I can only make a suggestion...
If your SEO plugin does not offer you an option to add the necessary meta tag, you could use a Headers and Footers plugin. See screen print below...
Hope you find this helpful.
Hi Trish, thank you for your response! However, I already tried adding it to headers section and it wasn't right. That was my question - where to add a meta tag on the home page if not to the header/footer?
if you goto seo in the left side bar when in your site dashboard you will be in the seo plugin options....
you will find in the list home page - goto this and add hte meta description...
if you have set a static home page then you can goto that page and add hte meta description...
and save ...
and you are done...
Hi, thanks but I'm not sure I follow you. I had a look at AIOSEO but I don't see the home page option you refer to.
if you are using aio then it is different to the seo framework....
this is where it is getting confusing helping people...
in all in one there is a tab down the side for the home page - search appearance...
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How to add a meta tag to homepage?
I thought that adding a meta tag to the homepage would be the same as verifying the site ownership for Google analytics for example - adding a tag to the head section - but it
I keep the lines green.
Tutorials SEO Knowledge: Meta Title SEO Knowledge: Meta Description If you are on mobile, adding one or two characters, then delete you are able to.
If title and tagline (Just another WordPress site), settings > general edit and save changes. Setting Your Website Up for Search Engines (Using The SEO Framework)
Hi Abie, it isn't the meta title or meta description I'm looking for, it's putting a meta tag on my homepage when my homepage has the recent blogs rolling on it.
So I don't know where to go to add the meta tag.
Most likely no need for plugins.
Try this:
AIO General Settings, Webmaster Tools, scroll down to Miscellaneous Verification, this is the area where you should add various codes for such verifications.
Alternative if you use GP Premium theme, Appearance, Elements, Header, then probably choose Hook etc.
I do use GP but it says there are no elements found when I go there. Same with AIO general settings - just the licence key.
It should be a simple thing. On any other page I could just scroll down to AIO and add the meta tag but it's the homepage and it isn't static, so where do I access it to edit it? I mean it isn't actually a page but a place for the blog roll so I don't know where to access it in edit form.
In GP this is only in Premium version I think. Elements should be enabled, just one click, see screensho1
In aio, see the two screesnhost, it should be there. Let me know if you find these things.
I think terminology they use is confusing. This is not the usual meta tag/description which you are mentioning for posts and pages, so this is not something to edit of that type.
It does not matter static home page or not. Such things are under AIO, Search Appearance, Global Setting, scroll down and you will see meta description for home page.
But this is not what you need here. This is about some code verification.
Yes you're right, this is a meta tag to identify that it's my page for an affiliate program - flexoffers - do you know them? It seems like an easy addition to use for my site. I have emailed them but so far no response.
Now to the images, yes I have both of those, just not sure after that. If I click on elements in GP I see this. . .(and yes it's premium)
It is probably easier in AIO because you should only paste the code in that window which I shown (and save of curse).
In Elements, click Add New Element, then you have options, choose Header or Hook. I think both will give the same result, so try one. This is just to create a place to add such a verification code.
There will be then option to choose in Display Rules, so probably you can choose Home Page option. After that save.
This is a great addition in WP, I used it for Pinterest verifications and a few other things
Oh that’s great! I would never have realized that! Thanks so much Jovo, I will give it a try later when I’m back at the computer.
Hey Soraya,
In checking your profile for your website URL, I noticed you don't have your list of links, so I'm unable to see exactly which plugins your site uses; therefore I can only make a suggestion...
If your SEO plugin does not offer you an option to add the necessary meta tag, you could use a Headers and Footers plugin. See screen print below...
Hope you find this helpful.
Hi Trish, thank you for your response! However, I already tried adding it to headers section and it wasn't right. That was my question - where to add a meta tag on the home page if not to the header/footer?
if you goto seo in the left side bar when in your site dashboard you will be in the seo plugin options....
you will find in the list home page - goto this and add hte meta description...
if you have set a static home page then you can goto that page and add hte meta description...
and save ...
and you are done...
Hi, thanks but I'm not sure I follow you. I had a look at AIOSEO but I don't see the home page option you refer to.
if you are using aio then it is different to the seo framework....
this is where it is getting confusing helping people...
in all in one there is a tab down the side for the home page - search appearance...
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It snuck up on me somehow.
I published an article on the 11th November and now I see that the URL is too long - it's included the whole title instead of the keyword alo
Hey Soraya,
Having done EXACTLY the same thing in the past, what I did was create a redirect for the "too long of a URL" to the newly edited, shorted URL.
All Google cares is that once their spider software has indexed your post that you create a redirect when editing the URLs of your posts/pages.
Hope you find this helpful.
Hiya Trish,
Very helpful! Thank you!
Good to know it happened to you too lol!!
Have a great week!
Soraya :)
You can edit All except changing the URL if the URL changes to Google it would be an new post, any ranking that has been done would be lost.
However I see you Partha got you covered here.
Hi Abie,
Yes, exactly, hence the question in the first place. . .
But as it's only a recent post on a site with not a lot of traffic, I was considering resubmitting it to Google with a shortened URL.
But I'm very happy with Partha's answer, it's the best solution.
Thanks! Have a great week!
Soraya :)
Hey Soraya,
My advice - Don't worry about it.
I've done this on a few occasions myself, but I never let it worry me.
Will it make a difference in terms of SEO?
Perhaps!
Can the article still rank and bring in lots of traffic?
Of course, if the CONTENT is good enough, you will be rewarded.
Here's another way to look at it, especially when you're a few years down the line.
Your website has 2,000 articles on it, is the fact that ONE article is NOT doing that great, and the other 1,999 are doing fantastic, really going to worry you?
I do think this is a mindset a lot of people have online, and it is just another form of "perfectionism".
Perfectionism in turn leads to overthinking, which in turn leads to procrastination.
In the grand scheme of things how much does ONE article really matter?
Of course, I'm not saying to be slap-dash with your content production and not to worry about anything.
However, overthinking what ONE article may or may not do is bound to bring your productivity screeching to a halt.
This is especially true if you personally think that this is one of the best articles you've ever written, and then you've "ruined" it with one silly little mistake.
Personally, there's no rhyme nor reason to this.
Some of my best ever articles (in my mind) have barely had 10 visits in a year, whereas articles that I haven't even put much thought into, written and published within 40 minutes, have regularly produced over 5,000 visitors per month.
Yes, you can change the url, create redirects, etc.
But hey, if the content is GOOD, and something that people in your niche are interested in, don't sweat it.
Partha
Thanks Partha,
Perfect!
My initial reaction was to do nothing and not worry about it, or to cut it down and also not worry about it haha (i.e. not make re-directs) because of the low traffic so I guess it wouldn't have much impact anyway.
But I'm extremely happy to read your answer, which makes total sense.
I'm currently trying to train myself to be more masterful at producing MORE content and faster, so faffing around about this would definitely feed my already very skilled ability to Procrastinate!!😂😂
It's very interesting that your high traffic posts aren't necessarily the ones you think are the best ones you've written. That's really great food for thought.
Have a great week!
Soraya :)
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What do you think, should I strip the url now or is it too late?
It snuck up on me somehow.
I published an article on the 11th November and now I see that the URL is too long - it's included the whole title instead of the keyword alo
Hey Soraya,
Having done EXACTLY the same thing in the past, what I did was create a redirect for the "too long of a URL" to the newly edited, shorted URL.
All Google cares is that once their spider software has indexed your post that you create a redirect when editing the URLs of your posts/pages.
Hope you find this helpful.
Hiya Trish,
Very helpful! Thank you!
Good to know it happened to you too lol!!
Have a great week!
Soraya :)
You can edit All except changing the URL if the URL changes to Google it would be an new post, any ranking that has been done would be lost.
However I see you Partha got you covered here.
Hi Abie,
Yes, exactly, hence the question in the first place. . .
But as it's only a recent post on a site with not a lot of traffic, I was considering resubmitting it to Google with a shortened URL.
But I'm very happy with Partha's answer, it's the best solution.
Thanks! Have a great week!
Soraya :)
Hey Soraya,
My advice - Don't worry about it.
I've done this on a few occasions myself, but I never let it worry me.
Will it make a difference in terms of SEO?
Perhaps!
Can the article still rank and bring in lots of traffic?
Of course, if the CONTENT is good enough, you will be rewarded.
Here's another way to look at it, especially when you're a few years down the line.
Your website has 2,000 articles on it, is the fact that ONE article is NOT doing that great, and the other 1,999 are doing fantastic, really going to worry you?
I do think this is a mindset a lot of people have online, and it is just another form of "perfectionism".
Perfectionism in turn leads to overthinking, which in turn leads to procrastination.
In the grand scheme of things how much does ONE article really matter?
Of course, I'm not saying to be slap-dash with your content production and not to worry about anything.
However, overthinking what ONE article may or may not do is bound to bring your productivity screeching to a halt.
This is especially true if you personally think that this is one of the best articles you've ever written, and then you've "ruined" it with one silly little mistake.
Personally, there's no rhyme nor reason to this.
Some of my best ever articles (in my mind) have barely had 10 visits in a year, whereas articles that I haven't even put much thought into, written and published within 40 minutes, have regularly produced over 5,000 visitors per month.
Yes, you can change the url, create redirects, etc.
But hey, if the content is GOOD, and something that people in your niche are interested in, don't sweat it.
Partha
Thanks Partha,
Perfect!
My initial reaction was to do nothing and not worry about it, or to cut it down and also not worry about it haha (i.e. not make re-directs) because of the low traffic so I guess it wouldn't have much impact anyway.
But I'm extremely happy to read your answer, which makes total sense.
I'm currently trying to train myself to be more masterful at producing MORE content and faster, so faffing around about this would definitely feed my already very skilled ability to Procrastinate!!😂😂
It's very interesting that your high traffic posts aren't necessarily the ones you think are the best ones you've written. That's really great food for thought.
Have a great week!
Soraya :)
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Depending on your audience and who | what you are marketing to? Does location matters? Is your business more dependent on local marketing?
You may follow up on the below resource
https://wpml.org/community/2018/07/multilingual-business-website/
You may also follow Jay's webinars for local marketing.
As far as the how-to
https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-easily-create-a-multilingual-wordpress-site/
https://weglot.com/how-to-create-a-bilingual-website/
https://neilpatel.com/blog/international-seo/
Hi Abie,
Thanks for the resources which I will go and check out!
I assume you haven't got a multi language site yourself?
Thank you!
Soraya