# Language addresses and SEO

> How each language gets its own web addresses, how search engines are told about every version, and what happens to untranslated content.

Product: NijeesWeb website builder · Source: https://www.nijeesweb.com/docs/website/languages/language-addresses-and-seo · Updated 2026-10-02

A multilingual website only works for search if every language version has its own address and search engines know how the versions relate. NijeesWeb does both.

## Each language has its own addresses

Your main language keeps its addresses (`/about`). Other languages get a prefix: `/hi/about`, `/ta/about`. Links inside a page keep the visitor in their language.

**Translated addresses** — switch on *Let each language have its own page and post addresses* to use translated words in the address: `/es/sobre-nosotros` instead of `/es/about`. *A slug is created from the translated title, and you can edit it. Old addresses redirect to the new ones.*

**A domain per language** *(recommended for separate markets)* — give a language its own domain under **Languages → Edit**, such as `example.es`. *A domain must already be connected to this site* — ask support to add it.

## Search engines see every version

Every page automatically lists all of its language versions with **hreflang** tags, and your **sitemap** includes each version. Under **Search engines**, choose the **Default for everyone else (hreflang x-default)** — the version shown to searchers whose language you do not have, usually your main language.

## Untranslated content

Under **Content that is not translated yet**:

- **Show the main language** — untranslated text appears in your main language while menus, links and buttons stay in the visitor's language. *Good while translation is in progress.*
- **Hide it** — a page, post or category without a translated title returns *not found* in that language and is left out of the sitemap and hreflang. Use this once a language is complete, so search engines never see half-translated pages.

> [!TIP]
> Translate each page's **SEO title and description** too. They are what searchers see first, in their own language.