Wix Multilingual: Verifying Your Multilingual Subdomains and Submitting Sitemaps with Google Search Console

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Wix Multilingual allows you to create and manage multilingual versions of your website, enabling you to reach a global audience. Verifying your multilingual subdomains and submitting their sitemaps with Google Search Console ensures that search engines recognize your ownership and actively index your content, enhancing your site's visibility and trustworthiness.

Imagine you own an online store that sells eco-friendly products. By setting up and verifying multilingual subdomains for your site, you can effectively reach customers in France, Spain, and Germany, helping them find your store in their native language. This not only improves user experience but also boosts your site’s performance in international search results.

In this article, learn more about: 

Verifying your multilingual subdomains

Verifying your multilingual subdomains with Google Search Console identifies you as the owner of your subdomains. Verifying also tells Google the subdomains are active and helps show your site is trustworthy. Learn how to troubleshoot errors when connecting your site to Google.
Important:
Make sure to verify your site before verifying your multilingual subdomains.

To verify your subdomain:

  1. Go to Google Search Console
  2. Click Start now.
  3. Click the drop-down at the top left and select Add property
  4. Enter the full URL of the multilingual subdomain you want to verify under URL prefix. For example: https://es.mystunningwebsite.com
Screenshot of entering a multilingual subdomain in the URL prefix.
4. Click Continue
What if Google Search Console can't verify my subdomain after following these steps?
Try again in an hour as your subdomain's records may need time to propagate. 

Submitting your multilingual subdomain's sitemap

A sitemap is a file of your site's pages, links and other information that helps Google read and index your site. Each subdomain has its own dedicated sitemap that needs to be submitted to Google individually.
Tip:
You can check your subdomains sitemap in the address bar by typing: www.[your-domain.com]/robots.txt. Scroll to the bottom to review your sitemap links for the relevant language.
Each language's sitemap lists the subdomain URLs for that language. For example, French URLs will be listed under the French sitemap. 

To submit your subdomain sitemap:

  1. Go to Google Search Console
  2. Select your subdomain from the Search property drop-down.
A screenshot of the Google Search Console
  1. Select Sitemaps from the left side panel. 
  2. Type sitemap.xml after your subdomain in the text field.  
A screenshot of the Google Search Console
  1. Click Submit.
  2. Repeat steps 2-5 to submit a sitemap for each multilingual subdomain. 
Tip:
Use your Google Search Console to gain insights on your website analytics.

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