title: Internationalize target country for SEO using language url path
body: <p>I currently have a website running under a German domain .de (<code>www.mysite.de</code>)<br>
  I'm adding now Internationalization support for English and French languages.</p>
  
  <p>The I18n will be handled by a different URL structure for SEO purpose
  <br><code>www.mysite.de/en</code> will handle english related content
  <br><code>www.mysite.de/fr</code> will handle french related content, and so on</p>
  
  <p>My first question is if from a SEO prospective I should move the German related content under its own path as well (<code>www.mysite.de/de</code>)?<br>
  If this is the case, then should I do a 301 Permanent Redirect to the <code>www.mysite.de/de</code> when someone comes to <code>www.mysite.de</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Online I can see different examples. 
  <br><code>apple.com</code> for example handles US traffic and <code>apple.com/fr</code> the french one for example.
  <br><code>spotify.com</code> has a 302 Temporary Redirect in place that forwards you to a specific language site like <code>spotify.com/us</code> for US</p>
  
  <p>I know that Google lets you specify somehow the language target associated to a specific URL in your site with something called 'Search Console geotargeting'. This is allowed just for gTLD domains so I can not do it with mine as it uses  specific German country domain (.de). <br><br>I'm wondering if there is something I would need to configure on Google side using the webmaster tool or if hreflang metatag will be enough to signal that for example all pages under /fr are for French related searches</p>