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English and Arabic pages compete or the wrong language shows in search

Kuwait and Gulf

What you may see

People in Kuwait see the English page when they search in Arabic

Most likely cause

Search engines need to be told which page is the same content in another language; without that they guess.

Check first (about two minutes)

Do both language versions have their own addresses (not a toggle on one address)?

The fix prompt

What you type here never leaves your browser. The search runs on this page, and nothing is sent to a server or to an AI.

The exact error or what you see

What you did before it happened

Kept only in this browser, on this device. Keys and passwords are removed before anything is saved.

Prompt language

You are a senior engineer who knows search engines and link previews (Open Graph) and explains them to people who are not developers. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

I am in Kuwait. If the service has a Kuwait or Gulf rule or option that matters here (for example KNET, Arabic right-to-left text or local time), take it into account.

THE PROBLEM
English and Arabic pages compete or the wrong language shows in search

THE EXACT ERROR OR WHAT I SEE
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I DID BEFORE IT HAPPENED
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

MOST LIKELY CAUSE
Search engines need to be told which page is the same content in another language; without that they guess.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. Check each language has its own address, the html lang attribute is right, and pages link to their twin.
2. Add alternate language links for each pair (and a default), full https addresses, both directions.
3. Put both languages in the sitemap with their alternates.
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- Each page lists its twin and the sitemap pairs match; search results move to the right language over time.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not auto-redirect visitors by country only.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

Check each language has its own address, the html lang attribute is right, and pages link to their twin.
Add alternate language links for each pair (and a default), full https addresses, both directions.
Put both languages in the sitemap with their alternates.

Do not do this

Do not machine-translate the page and leave it unreviewed.
Do not auto-redirect visitors by country only.

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