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Video: Expanding your site to more languages Posted: 30 Sep 2013 11:13 PM PDT Webmaster Level: Intermediate to Advanced We filmed a video providing more details about expanding your site to more languages or country-based language variations. The video covers details about rel="alternate" hreflang and potential implementation on your multilingual and/or multinational site. Video and slides on expanding your site to more languages You can watch the entire video or skip to the relevant sections: Potential search issues with international sites Questions to ask within your company before beginning international expansion International site use cases rel="alternate" hreflang and hreflang="x-default": details and implementation Best practices Additional resources on hreflang include: Webmaster Help Center article on rel="alternate" hreflang and hreflang="x-default" More blog posts Working with multilingual sites Working with multiregional sites New markup for multilingual content Introducing "x-default hreflang" for international landing pages" Webmaster discussion forum FAQ on internationalization Webmaster discussion forum for internationalization (review answers or post your own question!) Good luck as you expand your site to more languages! Written by Maile Ohye, Developer Programs Tech Lead

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