We have translated the shop using langify app to sell in Europe in EUR with www.luisa-paixao.eu
A big part of the orders are coming from USA !!??
Good ! We decided to open a new Shopify account in USD, we linked it to the other one with Syncio and we are ready to start to sell in the USA in USD with www.luisa-paixao.us
BUT
www.luisa-paixao.eu and www.luisa-paixao.us are exactly the same and as we have worked a lot on our SEO, We donāt want to loose our positions because of duplicate content.
Could you help by sharing tips and best practices ?
Ok, for what you are doing, itās very possible to do this all from a single Shopify store - this way the SEO is handled for you already and duplicate content does not appear.
Using top-level domains: It is used to help us serve the exact version of a document. The use of top-level domains whenever possible to handle country-specific content Is very beneficial.
Link carefully: if you post on other pages, Google will always show users what we think is different on each search, whether you are different or not. However, it helps to make sure that every page of your content is related to your previous article.
Reduce the amount of repetitive heat: instead of putting a long text about the copyright under each page, add a short text, and then look at the page in detail. You can also use the settlement management tool to find out how Google manages the landing URL.
Avoid publishing stubs: Users donāt like seeing āemptyā pages, so avoid placeholders where possible.
Understand System Management: Make sure you are familiar with the description of the content of your website. Blogs, forums, and networking systems often show the same platform on more than one platform.
Minimize Duplicates: If you have many similar pages, consider enlarging or merging each page. For example, if you have a website with different pages for two cities, but both pages have the same information, you can combine pages for both cities into pages.
Was there ever a resolution of this under 1 store. I just canāt see why itās not a functionality of shopify. The hreflang workaround works but would rather have it managed under one domain/store.
Use international domains which targets different countries/regions with specific URLs, pricing, and languages, while Shopify automatically handles SEO and duplicate content for you
We want to manage our sales in UE and in USA from 2 different Shopify accounts then we can manage our US / UE products offer, our US / UE email marketing, our US / UE offers, our US / UE advertisingā¦ more easily
We worked on the hreflang implementation
It seems Google understand that there is 2 website, almost the same but not for the same countries.
Iām not sure you should wish to close a debate on this with @coleatkinson who is one of Shopifyās experts on Internationalisation. It would help if you can be clear on how you are using the terms stores and account.
Shopify allows you to have multiple stores from within one account using their new International Domains setup. As Cole mentioned the href lang and sitemap management is taken care for you. You will need a store switcher such as Shopifyās own āGeolocation Appā
If you require expert help I would perhaps reach out to Cole and/or Shopify Support.
One last thing, you will need to be on Shopify Plus for these options.
This is available to all Shopify Payments merchants on the Shopify Plan and above.