AreaAudit

Which languages each generator says it supports, and where

Language subdomain: a translated site the count cannot reach

A language subdomain puts each language version on its own hostname. Those pages are real localisation work, and the rule used here counts only alternates on the host being read, so a vendor organised this way is counted at one. As of 2026-09-22.

Four ways to arrange a translated site, and what the rule keepsA language can live in a folder or a parameter on the host being read, on its own subdomain, or on a separate national domain. The rule used here counts the first two and records the others, because counting other hosts would reward owning domains over translating pages.Where does the language version live?On the host being readCountedA folder or a parameter.The arrangement mostvendors here use.On its own subdomainRecorded, notcountedReal pages, run bypossibly separate teams,that the rule cannotreach.On a national domainRecorded, notcountedMight be the samecompany, a subsidiary ora licensee. Markupcannot say.The raw figure is printed wherever the rule discards most of a set
Fig. 1 Two vendors in this register are organised the third way, and both are counted at one with their raw declarations printed beside it.
Three ways to organise a translated site, and how the rule treats each. Recorded 2026-09-22.
ArrangementWhere the language livesCounted here
Path on the same hostA folder under the host being readYes
Parameter on the same hostA query on the host being readYes
Its own subdomainA different hostnameNo
Its own country domainA different domain entirelyNo

Inclusion rule. The arrangements that appear among the vendors read here, with the effect of the same-host rule on each. Two vendors use the third arrangement. Order. Same-host arrangements first.

1A narrow rule, applied without exceptions

Counting alternates on other hostnames would let a company running many properties outscore one that translated its own pages. Counting only the host being read is harsh, uniform, and reproducible by anyone.

The alternative rules are defensible too. What is not defensible is choosing per vendor, so the rule is fixed, written down, and stated on every page carrying a count produced by it.

2The raw figure is printed, not hidden

Two vendors here declare twelve and sixteen alternates and serve nearly all of them from subdomains. Both are counted at one, and both raw figures appear on their own pages beside the counted one.

A reader looking for a localised interface should follow the raw number. A reader comparing how much of its own site each vendor translated should follow the counted one. Printing both is the only way to serve either.

3Why companies choose this arrangement

Subdomains can be run by separate teams, hosted separately and deployed on separate schedules. For a company with regional offices that is an organisational advantage rather than a technical accident.

It also means the pages can diverge, which is exactly why a cross-host declaration is weaker evidence than a same-host one. What sits on another hostname may not be the same product offer at all.

A definition, not a measurement: no vendor figure appears here that is not also in the register. Both subdomain vendors are read together on their own pairing page.

Nearby terms: Machine-swapped page, Country-code domain. The whole vocabulary is at terms; nothing on this page is a claim about a named product.