Can my URLs use non-English words? – SEO Snippets



John from Switzerland asks “Can my URLs use local, non-English words?”

If your website targets users outside of English-speaking regions, and especially if those regions use non-latin characters, you might wonder if there are any implications regarding what can or cannot be used in URLs. We’ll answer that question and give some general tips in this episode of SEO Snippets.

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15 thoughts on “Can my URLs use non-English words? – SEO Snippets”

  1. Hey Mr. John, I love your content and i regular keep update myself through your videos. I work for Thailand country so is it ok for to read url language in Thai. How google will index or crawl it.

  2. Thanks Mr Mueller. I always follow your hangouts. Now about this question, i think to length of non-english URLs like Persian or Arabic characters. is it ok? or not, the URL will be more long and will it have negative impact on the SEO?! i am confused about this for monthes. 🤔

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