Mixed Language Blogs Are Generally Not OK, Know Thy Audience!

Multi-Language Posts are Annoying

Your target audience probably doesn't speak both languages and if they do, they don't need to read the same thing twice. If someone is looking for a translation, they can use Google Translate or another solution themselves. If half the content in your blog is irrelevant, you are wasting your audience's time.

Mixed Language Posts Offer A Poor User Experience

If I see a post title in English and click on it, I expect the post to be written predominantly in English. Who wouldn't be annoyed if they purchased a book, video or software with the cover in one language and got something in another language the weren't expecting? Please label mixed language blogs as such in the title, using a "/" for bonus punctuation points. Also, please don't use a different language in the title then in the post language, it is misleading.

Make Sure to Tag a Spanish/Indonesian/Non-English post as Such

Use the SP, Spanish, KR, Indonesian, French, Cn tags or whatever language your post contains as One of the First Five Tags. You should know which tag your community or language uses and if you don't, ask. By tagging it as a different language in one of the first 5 tags, it allows bots, curators, programs, etc. to identify it as a such a language and treat it appropriately.

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Search Engine Optimization

The most applicable content (or paid content) trends on search engines and the most relevant content is usually monolingual. In most regions there is a dominant language, content in that dominant language is usually the most sought after, a good search engine such as Google displays the most relevant content first. In other words, multilingual posts will almost always be buried as the search engine can't say which region it belongs to or which users will enjoy it-so they will not reward it highly and bury it (place it close to last if at all).

When are Two or More Languages OK in One Post?

• If it's educational or for the purpose of teaching a language and vocabulary. This should be the main focus of the post, for example: Top Ten Jamaican Slang Words.
• If you are interpreting art or something in one language that was created in another.
• With the odd foreign word or two for literary effect, as some words lose their meaning or purpose when translated.
• A brief post intended for a specific purpose such as a food product label to adhere to Canadian Biliguilaism laws regarding French and English. There is no need for two separate posts here.

In Other Words, Most Bilingual Posts Are Redundant

You want to target an audience, very few people need to read the same post in two languages. You can simply write the post in one language or another, it depends on your audience. I am not trying to discourage practicing a language, ESL posters or sharing culture, I'm just saying mixed language posts offer a lower quality experience for both the intended audiences. Choose your language.

Please Do Not Double Post, It Can Be Considered Reward Pool Abuse

Unless your post is so amazing that it just has to be shared in more than one language, please don't double post. After giving it consideration, I don't think it's a legitimate reason to double-dip in the rewards pool, if you must do a repost in another language, you can decline the rewards or set @null as a beneficiary. Let me know if you disagree. If You think you should be rewarded for your translation efforts, you can always ask. Some of the posts the team has made could use expert translation.

English is the Predominant Language Of Jamaica and Its Visitors

I've been reading the 2018 annual statistics about Jamaican Tourism that were released three days ago and have yet to make a post dedicated to it. The statistics do show one thing is clear: If you want to reach out to most people who are going to Jamaica, use English In 2018 2,472,727 tourists visited Jamaica overnight (Not stops on cruise ships or military) and a whopping 2,280,000 or of them, or 92% came from USA, Canada, the UK, or other English speaking nations. Source Likely many of the other visitors also speak English or stayed on a resort and didn't mingle with the locals.

What About Spanish?

Clearly, there is an opportunity to reach out to Spanish speaking tourists and readers, Jamaica is literally surrounded by Spanish speaking countries; Cuba, Mexico, Central, and South America are all close to Jamaica and are growing in prosperity. Latin America is definitely a market that has potential and ReggaeSteem is trying to be as inclusive as possible here. @joseacabrerav is an ambassador, @mariluna, and @josevas217 have both been whitelisted. A couple of other ambassadors live in Spain, speak Spanish, there are regular posters who are clearly Spanish speaking and many of us here including me love Reggaeton and Hispanic culture.

And Other Languages?

Sure why not, but first you have to think, who is your target audience? We would love to read about your culture and how your culture related to ours but please tag appropriately. The point I am trying to make here is that mixed language posts should be avoided if the quality of your viewer's experience is a concern.