What Google says about "umlaute"

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Are Umlauts and special characters in URLs really safe for SEO?

John Mueller 🎥 YouTube Feb 2018 ★★

Les caractères spéciaux comme les Umlaute sont bien gérés dans les URLs par Google. En théorie, ils ne posent pas de problème à l'indexation...

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