I am setting up subdomains for our expansion into France and Japan today, how should I handle international SEO to avoid massive ranking drops?
Download run
Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
I am setting up subdomains for our expansion into France and Japan today, how should I handle international SEO to avoid massive ranking drops?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google Search Central international site structure localized versions hreflang subdomains country targeting redirects documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Google Search Central localized versions hreflang reciprocal self referencing canonical sitemap documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Google Search Central international site structure localized versions hreflang subdomains country targeting redirects documentation Google ↗
Google Search Central localized versions hreflang reciprocal self referencing canonical sitemap documentation Google ↗
- Localized Versions of your Pages | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- Localized Versions of your Pages | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- Managing Multi-Regional and Multilingual Sites | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- Managing Multi-Regional and Multilingual Sites | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.cn
- Build and Submit a Sitemap | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.cn
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google Search Central international site structure localized versions hreflang subdomains country targeting redirects documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Google Search Central localized versions hreflang reciprocal self referencing canonical sitemap documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |