Hello,
www.poolsuppliescanada.ca is our company website.
We recently split the site between french and english and have seen a horrible SEO Crash.
we have played with a couple of solutions but would like some in put from those with better experience then us.
So we are also updating to Verse 4, does it handle multiple languages better?
We have thrown out three options to our selves, if you have any ideas or light to shed on them that would be great.
Option 1.
A second Website
Pros
New Root website allowing for a french domain name
Cons
Cart Disconnect, products wont stay in basket
Viewing a Product then changing to French will revert you back to the Home Page.
Option 2.
Putting french as a sub directory in CS Cart
www.poolsuppliescanada.ca/FR/Rest of link here
Pros
Smooth Transition
Clear indicator to Google that it is a different language
Cons
Not currently a feature in CS cart and would require some kind of rework.
Option 3.
Show the Language in the URL
Pros
None.
Cons
same issue as current, and just deal with it by working harder on SEO.