International Subdomains
Placing each country or language on its own subdomain of a single parent domain, such as a German or French prefix on the main host.
Analogy Mental model
Separately incorporated regional subsidiaries under one group. Each keeps its own books and its own management.
In practice What you actually do
The pragmatic choice when markets are genuinely independent: different technology stacks, different agencies, different hosting, or local teams that need autonomy over their own platform without coordinating releases.
Where people get burned Pitfalls
Authority passes to a subdomain less efficiently than to a directory, so the parent's strength arrives diluted. Choose it for organisational reasons, not for SEO advantage, because there is none.
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