Bobby - 3:44 pm on Jun 3, 2004 (gmt 0)

Wow it's nice to see people responding, I appreciate your input.

Marcia, I've already got another domain with the site in Spanish, I am now going after the Italian market. I don't understand what you mean by specific tld, do you mean the extension (.com, .net, .it)? If this is what you are refering to all the other sites I've translated have remained with .com extensions and have been properly indexed in Google even for searches in the specific language.

Google likes larger sites so spreading your content to different sites could be a disadvantage

zgb - this is an important consideration for me and one I have not been able to determine the significance of. I agree, Google does seem to like bigger sites, but then having another domain linking to the main site has its advantages too.

tenerifejim - what do you mean by "local url redirect"?

SlyOldDog - keeping the sites updated IS a nightmare, even the main site in English. In any event it requires translating and creating new pages in other languages whether they are on the same server/domain or not. What I'd like to determine from others with similar experiences is whether or not keeping all translations on the same domain is more beneficial than establishing new domains for the other languages.