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Language-Based Redirects — Redirect Visitors by Browser Language

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Language filtering lets you redirect visitors based on their browser's language setting. This is useful for sending visitors to localized versions of your content automatically. Available on paid plans (Growth and above).

How It Works

When a visitor clicks your deeplink, Bouncy checks the Accept-Language header from their browser. If their primary language matches one of your language rules, they're redirected to the URL you've specified for that language.

Setting Up Language Filtering

Adding a Language Rule

  1. Open the Create Deeplink or Edit Deeplink page

  2. Expand Advanced Settings

  3. Find the Language Filtering section

  4. Click Add Language Rule

  5. The Language Filter modal will open

The Language Filter Modal

Language Presets Choose a preset to quickly select a group of languages:

  • Custom Selection (manually pick languages)

  • Major Languages

  • European Languages

  • Asian Languages

  • Indian Languages

  • Latin American

  • Middle Eastern

  • African Languages

Language Search Search for specific languages by name and toggle them on/off individually.

Redirect URL Enter the URL where visitors matching the selected languages should be sent.

Saving the Rule

Click Add Rule to save. You can create multiple language rules for different language groups, each pointing to a different URL.

Managing Rules

Language rules appear in a list in the Language Filtering section. Each rule shows:

  • The selected languages

  • The redirect URL

  • Edit and Delete buttons

Language Filtering in Bulk Create

In the Bulk Create interface, each row has a Language Filtering dropdown with presets:

  • No Language Filtering (default)

  • Custom Selection

  • Major Languages

  • European Languages

  • Asian Languages

  • Indian Languages

  • Latin American

  • Middle Eastern

  • African Languages

Selecting a preset shows a Language URL field and an optional language selection list.

Use Cases

  • Multilingual websites — send French speakers to your French page, Spanish speakers to your Spanish page

  • Regional campaigns — direct visitors to country-specific landing pages based on language

  • Localized offers — show different promotions based on the visitor's language

Tips

  • Language detection is based on browser settings, not location. A French-speaking visitor in the UK will match French language rules.

  • Combine with geo-filtering for more precise targeting (e.g., French-speaking visitors in Canada vs. France).

  • If a visitor's language doesn't match any rule, they're sent to the default destination URL.

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