{"id":"13217e3c-3b40-46dc-8bbc-372f2083bb0f","task":"Configure international multi-region site architecture by choosing between ccTLD, subdomain, and subfolder approaches","domain":"google-search-console","steps":["Map your geotargeting requirements: ccTLDs (e.g., example.de) provide the strongest geo-signal but require separate Search Console properties and separate link-building; subdomains (de.example.com) allow separate property targeting with shared root domain equity; subfolders (example.com/de/) share all domain authority but require a single server infrastructure","Register the chosen URL structure and set up separate Search Console properties for each regional variant; for subdomains and subfolders, configure geotargeting in the International Targeting report","Implement hreflang annotations across all regional variants so Google understands the language-region mapping and surfaces the correct variant to each user","Ensure each regional variant has distinct, locally relevant content rather than machine-translated copies of the same page, which Google may treat as duplicate content","Monitor the International Targeting report in Search Console for hreflang errors and verify that each regional variant is being indexed under the correct property"],"gotchas":["ccTLDs cannot have geotargeting overridden in Search Console because the country association is inherent to the domain extension; this makes ccTLDs the strongest geo-signal but also the least flexible if you decide to restructure","Subdomain geotargeting must be explicitly set in Search Console's International Targeting report; Google does not automatically infer geotargeting from subdomain naming conventions alone","Serving identical content across regional variants without differentiation, even with correct hreflang, may result in Google consolidating the variants into a single canonical across regions, defeating the purpose of the multi-region structure"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T08:27:56.245Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:15.651Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/13217e3c-3b40-46dc-8bbc-372f2083bb0f"}