Questions tagged [hreflang]

The hreflang attribute specifies the language of an HTML document.

Many websites serve users from around the world with content translated or targeted to users in a certain region. Google uses the rel="alternate" hreflang="x" attributes to serve the correct language or regional URL in Search results.

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Wordpress multiple hreflang to single url, HOW?

As stated in this post https://www.rebelytics.com/multiple-hreflang-tags-one-url/ multiple hreflangs can be assigned to single urls. So I would like to use multiple hreflang tags for english speaking countries pointing to the same url, so I can…
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What is wrong with my hreflang tags?

I have recently added German language support to my website and now I want to show German version of my website in search results to German speaking visitors, and English version to all other visitors. I've added this link tags to my default page…
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i am getting no return tags error on google webmaster tool

Hi i have put this code on my website www.eliquidsnow.com
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Easiest way to implement hreflang tag for multilingual site

I have been asked to implement the hreflang tags for an existing site having following structure and tons of pages. www.abc.com (main site in English) zh.abc.com (site in Chinese) jp.abc.com (site in Japanese) Site has been built on Joomla 3.6.2.…
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Issues with hreflang php function on a multilingual site

I have been asked by one of my clients to troubleshoot why their Wordpress website is having issues loading. Their site was build by a different developer and no longer does business with my client anymore so seeking help from them is an issue. When…
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Google not detecting link hreflang tags

We have a single TLD. We vary content for different regions and languages using paths, e.g.: example.com/CA/fr-CA (French Canadian for Canada)## Heading ## example.com/AT/de-AT (Austrian German for Austria) These pages link to each other using…
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Meta canonical and hreflang in multilanguage website

I need some help in fixing potential errors on my multilanguage website. It has 3 languages; English, Turkish and Russian. English is default. Question about homepage When we access the page through http://example.com/, there are following meta…
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Error with hreflang tags - no return tags

Google webmastertools complains that there are errors with hreflang tags on my site: no return tags, but as I can see it there sure are return tags. Am I missing something, or is webmastertools the problem? On the site are 3 similar pages in 3…
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Adding hreflang to webpage properly

I have a landing page that supports both English and Spanish. The dir is currently setup as so: Folder - index.html - index-spanish.html - other stuff Each html file includes:
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SEO - hreflang "no return tags"

I am recently having an increased number of "hreflang no return tags" error on the Google webmaster console and I cannot figure out what I am missing. My site is www.example.com and it can be accessed in different languages as www.example.com/#!/xx,…
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One Sitemap for Multiple ccTLDs

I have a website with multiple versions. Each version has its own ccTLD. Some are other languages, some are in English, but for other countries. I already know how to structure my sitemap and use href lang to target languages and languages per…
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How to add hreflang='x-default' in WPML 3.3.6 plugin?

WPML is an excellent plugin for managing multilingual sites as it allows to edit a lot of relevant info related to translated content. However, although this plugin adds hreflang tags, there's is a lack of support for hreflang="x-default"…
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No hreflang return tag detected by Google

I have some indexing errors on Google Search Console saying that many pages of my site have an alternate version in another language but they miss the "return tag" , which i think is the pointer back to the "canonical" version in English. For…
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multi language indexing and SEO juice

Can someone explain how multi-language indexing works so that automatic redirects preserve the SEO juice of the source page but recognize geo tagging when searching? For example, https://www.fitbit.com/aria redirects to…
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Why title tag is used in the hreflang markup?

What is the practical use of Title tag in the hreflang markup?