"Taking a step back, I'd look around for some international SEO guides. There are some great ones out there, and they're a lot more than just local URLs + hreflang. The best time to fix international SEO issues is before they're live, the second best time is, well, you know. It's a bit late, but I question whether you really need to split your site across ccTLDs."
"Having them reserved is one thing, but by separating your site across separate domain names, you both make things harder on yourself, but you also make it harder for search engines to understand each of these sites (because they're all separate sites). YMMV of course. There's nothing wrong with putting them all into the same Search Console account. That's what the site-picker is for."
John Mueller provides Christmas-day SEO support and has done so for about eighteen years, answering queries on Reddit and social platforms. He advises consulting international SEO guides and warns that splitting a site across multiple ccTLDs can complicate maintenance and search engine understanding. He recommends consolidating properties in a single Search Console account and using the site-picker. For x-default, he suggests choosing a practical language option rather than creating a separate default site. He stresses correct hreflang implementation, including backlinks and key pages, and notes hreflang can be managed via sitemaps for easier maintenance.
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