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how to submit specifically website to Google.fr, Google.de

situation is : one website (based on Magento ecommerce solution), different storeviews, all accessible through the same domain but an extension is then redirecting to the correct storeview based on customer location.

I have one storeview for Germany, one for USA, and a fallback worldwide, the first is in EUR and tax included, the second and third are in USD and tax excluded.

I submit my product price with the structured data scheme (itemprop).

I have one sitemap for each storeview and submit them all to Google.

The problem : In Germany, when I google my product, I got my URL from my worldwide storeview (which is not the killer as my extension will redirect afterwards) but with the USD price.

How to do so that I submit my sitemap from the germany storeview to Google.de and not my worldwide storeview.

Solution

  • Use ccTLD

    The best way to target different countries is to use ccTLD. This is what they're made for and Google use it to determine the targeted location of your website.

    Configure Google Webmaster Tools

    In the Google webmaster tools, you can set your geographic target to a website.

    As said on Google Help Center:

    Set a geographic target:

    1. On the Webmaster Tools Home page, click the site you want.
    2. Click the gear icon (top right corner), and then click Site Settings.
    3. In the Geographic target section, select the option you want.

    If you want to ensure that your site is not associated with any country or region, select Unlisted in the drop-down list.

    Use Link rel alternate hreflang

    You can use the declaration of different language version to target countries in the <head>of your pages. This use the <link> tag like this :

    <link rel="alternate" href="http://example.com/fr" hreflang="fr-FR" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://example.com/de" hreflang="de-DE" />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://example.com/us" hreflang="en-US” />
<link rel="alternate" href="http://example.com/" hreflang="x-default" />

    You need to declare every version of each URL on every pages. Exemple above needs to be on every URL of the example.

    Read further on Google Help Center about telling Google your different localized target.