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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Locale-adaptive pages change their content to reflect the user's language or perceived geographic
location. Since, by default, Googlebot requests pages without setting an
Accept-Language HTTP request header and uses IP addresses that appear to be located
in the USA, not all content variants of locale-adaptive pages may be indexed completely.
Today we're introducing new
locale-aware crawl configurations
for Googlebot for pages that we detect may adapt the content they serve based on the request's
language and perceived location. These are:
Geo-distributed crawling where Googlebot would start to use IP addresses that
appear to be coming from outside the USA, in addition to the current IP addresses that appear to
be from the USA that Googlebot currently uses.
Language-dependent crawling where Googlebot would start to crawl with an
Accept-Language HTTP header in the request.
As these new crawling configurations are enabled automatically for pages we detect to be
locale-adaptive, you may notice changes in how we crawl and show your site in Google search
results without you altering your CMS or server settings.
Note that these new configurations do not alter our recommendation to use separate URLs with
rel=alternate hreflang annotations
for each locale. We continue to support and recommend using separate URLs as they are still the
best way for users to interact and share your content, and also to maximize indexing and better
ranking of all variants of your content.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[[["Googlebot is introducing new locale-aware crawl configurations, including geo-distributed and language-dependent crawling, to better index locale-adaptive pages."],["These changes will automatically enhance crawling and indexing of locale-adaptive pages, leading to potential changes in Google search results."],["While these updates improve locale-adaptive page handling, using separate URLs with `rel=alternate hreflang` annotations remains the best practice for internationalization."],["Googlebot's new crawling approach incorporates IP addresses outside the USA and utilizes the `Accept-Language` HTTP header to better understand content variations."],["Users might observe changes in Googlebot's crawling behavior and their site's appearance in search results without manual adjustments to CMS or server settings."]]],[]]
