NovelMaker
174 live pagesA consumer-facing bedtime-story generator app that produces personalized stories for kids.
Marketing and product pages published in 8 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Russian.
Multilingual Website Development in Toronto
A translate button isn't a multilingual site. Search engines index a language properly when it has its own URLs, its own titles, and tags saying which version is which.
NovelMaker, a bedtime-story app we built and maintain, publishes its site in 8 languages. YaDesign Studio, a Toronto interior design studio whose site we maintain, runs Ukrainian beside English.
Multilingual sites we maintain
YaDesign Studio
79 live pagesAn interior design studio in Toronto and Los Angeles offering residential, commercial, and hospitality interiors, styling, and renovations.
City pages for Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Oakville, Burlington, and Los Angeles.
How a multilingual site is put together
Its own URLs for every language
NovelMaker's pages live under /en, /fr, /es, /de, /pl, /tr, /uk, and /ru, with about 20 pages in each language. Google can index the French site as a French site.
NovelMaker case studyhreflang tags on every page
NovelMaker's pages carry hreflang tags for all 8 language versions plus an x-default, which tell search engines which version to show a searcher in which language.
NovelMaker case studyA second language for a local business
Not every site needs 8 languages. YaDesign Studio runs a Ukrainian version of its main pages under /uk, beside the English site.
YaDesign Studio case studyProcess and what's included are on our SEO/GEO-Optimized Website Builds page.
FAQ
What is hreflang?
hreflang is a tag in a page's code that lists the other language versions of that page. Search engines use it to show French speakers the French page and English speakers the English one, instead of treating the translations as duplicate content.
Do I need a French version if I sell in Quebec?
Possibly. Quebec's Charter of the French Language sets requirements for commercial content aimed at Quebec customers. Check your situation with a lawyer; we can build the French side either way.
Who does the translation?
That's agreed at scoping. You can supply translations or use a translation agency, and we build the site so each language is easy to update on its own.
How much does a multilingual website cost?
It's scoped per project: the main driver is how many pages each language has, not the number of languages alone. The quote is fixed before work starts.
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Which languages do your customers speak?
On a free call we'll work out the URL structure and what each language adds to the cost.
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