https://n69.in/blog/seo/ Recent content in Seo on Rustam Garifulin Hugo en-US Copyright © 2025, Rustam Garifulin. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://n69.in/blog/language-switcher-en/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://n69.in/blog/language-switcher-en/ <p>A language switcher looks like a five-minute task. Put a dropdown in the header, add two items, ship it. Then the bug reports start. Someone lands on a page they can&rsquo;t read and has no idea how to get out. Google indexes the same text under five URLs. A screen reader announces &ldquo;Русский&rdquo; with an English voice and it comes out as gibberish.</p> <p>I recently made <a href="https://makersew.com">makersew.com</a>, a directory of garment manufacturers in Central Asia, bilingual. Below are the rules I followed while building its switcher, and the screenshots come from that site.</p>