International SEO Two Subdomains Showing Up in Google Search Results
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Hi I have a client that is having two subdomains showing up SERP when you Google their name. Here are the details.
- They have two subdomains us.companyname.com and en.companyname.com
- us.companyname.com is for the US and has completely different products and content than en.companyname.com
- en.companyname.com is the site designed for Europe and it is in English.
How can I make it so that only the us. version shows up in the search results? Thanks in advance!
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You would use hreflang tags: https://moz.com/learn/seo/hreflang-tag
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