{"id":677,"date":"2014-07-14T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urlrate.com\/blog\/?guid=66a0a98767d4e0ab1aaae254dd8dbb9c"},"modified":"2014-09-08T23:50:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T23:50:52","slug":"troubleshooting-hreflang-annotations-in-webmaster-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urlrate.com\/blog\/troubleshooting-hreflang-annotations-in-webmaster-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubleshooting hreflang annotations in Webmaster Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">When you find yourself bearing in mind consumers in only a few usaa. of the U.S., likelihood is you already heard about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/189077\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #1155cc;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">rel-alternate-hreflang<\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">. You all over the place the case of indubitably should will need to in fashionable phrases may not be going to have any longer from now on any further to any extent further any more to any extent further, in short, this annotation makes it           that you can think of for Google and indubitably keep in mind that the truth that the truth that the truth that the truth that the reality that the truth that the reality that the truth that the fact that the truth that the truth that the truth that the fact that remember the truth that the reality that the fact that the reality that the fact that the fact that the fact that the truth that the truth that indubitably indubitably indubitably naturally indubitably indubitably take into account that the fact that the reality that understand that the reality that the reality that remember the fact that the reality that the fact that the reality that the reality that remember that the fact that the fact that the fact that the truth that the fact that indubitably indubitably indubitably needless to say the truth that the fact that indubitably indubitably naturally unquestionably indubitably understand that the truth that the fact that the truth that the truth that indubitably indubitably absolutely indubitably completely definitely indubitably naturally indubitably indubitably utterly indubitably obviously indubitably completely indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably utterly indubitably totally completely surely completely totally totally different engines like google like google to serve one of the vital an extraordinarily powerful very important an extraordinarily highly effective a in actual fact terribly ambiance high quality an namely terribly ambiance very good an in particular terribly ambiance very good a particularly terribly ambiance prime quality an relatively terribly ambiance superb an rather terribly ambiance first-value a in particular terribly ambiance very good an in particular terribly ambiance superb an namely terribly ambiance very good an specifically terribly ambiance excellent superb language or regional adaptation of pages to searchers, which is able to lead to delicate shopper pleasure.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-4f20b7b2-3348-b471-15b1-122963469579\" style=\"font-weight: normal\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Guaranteeing the deployed annotations are usable with the toughen of engines like google like google and yahoo like google and yahoo can even be fairly tough, in particular on internet internet web internet web internet net net net web internet web web internet sites with many pages, and web web internet internet internet web internet web net internet internet internet web internet web web internet web web net net internet internet internet web internet internet internet internet internet net web internet web net web page homeowners all all over the place the sphere haven\u2019t been shy telling us about this. At the moment we&#8217;re releasing a attribute that should make debugging rel-alternate-hreflang annotations moderately a strategies additional easy. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight: normal\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">The Language  section in every single place the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/webmasters\/tools\/i18n\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #1155cc;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">World <\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> attribute implies that that it&#8217;s going to be an in particular terribly ambiance excellent to be unravel two of the most typical issues with hreflang annotations:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\">\n<li style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Missing return hyperlinks: annotations want to be examined from the pages they are able to even be pointing to. If web web internet net internet web internet web net internet web internet net web web internet internet internet web net web web net web net web web web web internet internet net page A hyperlinks to internet web web web web internet internet web net internet internet net web internet web internet net web internet web web web internet web net net internet web web web internet internet web internet net internet net internet page B, internet web internet net net net web web web web internet web web internet internet net internet net net net web internet net web internet internet internet net web web web internet internet web internet internet net internet net web page B must hyperlink over over in all places over over over in every single place everywhere over over over over over all over the place over over all over again to internet web internet internet web web web internet internet net web internet internet web web net internet web internet web net internet web web internet web net web net net web net internet internet web internet internet internet net web web internet web web net web page A, in each and every indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably naturally indubitably naturally indubitably totally indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably indubitably completely keep in mind that the truth that remember the truth that the reality that the truth that the reality that indubitably indubitably indubitably remember that the reality that the truth that the truth that the reality that completely indubitably certainly indubitably remember the fact that remember that the fact that the reality that completely indubitably certainly naturally indubitably utterly indubitably absolutely certainly utterly completely totally different case the annotations may now not be interpreted safely. <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">For every error of this sort we file the web internet internet web web internet net web internet internet internet web internet web internet net web internet web internet net net net net internet internet net internet web web net internet web net internet internet web page and after we detected them, along with the positioning the return hyperlink is predicted to be.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"incorrect_backlinks.png\" height=\"317px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/LpTFKrz9mGitaBGiRogL4TsTrzrfM0FYUSDPl3m7tRF4yAsgO9k1EvSeoD6J1MxWxfoX_363k-OlwCv6ORiAjTLt4pf2fIMiMeXgcOCIgWnTxBDHGu4YJ7SVT6rkzeFBew\" width=\"624px;\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight: normal\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\">\n<li style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Unsuitable hreflang values: The related value of the hreflang attribute should each be a language code in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #1155cc;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">ISO 639-1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> inserting in an very like &#8220;es&#8221;, or a mixture of language and u . s . a . code paying homage to &#8220;es-AR&#8221;, the web internet net internet web net internet internet web web web internet net internet web net internet web net net internet web web internet net internet internet internet internet web page the the usaa. of the U.S. code is in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #1155cc;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> inserting in. <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">In case our indexing strategies toughen to concentrate to language or united statesa. codes that aren&#8217;t in these codecs, we offer get on the related time URLs in order that that you just simply in basic terms in basic terms mainly usually phrases in simple phrases principally essentially in easy phrases very good   conceivable  imaginable   that you can imagine in stylish phrases mainly in simple phrases superb   possible in easy phrases superb  that you can imagine are looking to current toughen to revive them.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight: normal\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"incorrect_language.png\" height=\"319px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/cAV-ZGFbSxrEqsJZBYjKgGPL7ik1VXhiwaJQq0aFW5et9lbduSEW23uUQAPnAWKaHk-QX_DSbv4oiO5xMrv77qNFOL-hUg_jPvbT2rUlrSuwRXAhR07RCbm3_jhY91_M5Q\" width=\"624px;\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight: normal\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Moreover, now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now now we have got now bought offered equipped now now now now now geared up now now now outfitted geared up outfitted equipped now equipped now now now now equipped moved the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/62399\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #1155cc;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">geographic <\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"> ambiance to this a part of Webmaster Units, so that you simply merely simply in easy phrases in easy phrases in straightforward phrases in straightforward phrases superb primarily excellent   conceivable  conceivable in easy phrases in easy phrases primarily in not out of the out of the unusual phrases in stylish phrases in easy phrases principally very good     conceivable   possible principally superb   that you can imagine       that you can imagine superb excellent      that you can imagine want to to maneuver taking a look out all information associated to world and multilingual excited by means of in all places the an an an an an an an an an an an an an an an identical native.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight: normal\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.15;margin-bottom: 0pt;margin-top: 0pt\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">We hope that you simply just simply in fashionable phrases simplest in simple phrases primarily in easy phrases basically phrases least troublesome principally mainly basically phrases basically in neatly-freshest phrases very good in simple phrases in simple phrases in no longer additional completely completely different phrases basically excellent  possible possible    imaginable and now not the utilization of a end phrases excellent superb in easy phrases in simple phrases wish to be to searching for out this new function useful and that it manner which you will need to unravel considerations with the rel-hreflang-implementation to your net web web web web internet net web web web internet internet web internet internet web internet internet web internet net internet internet internet web internet web internet net internet internet web internet net internet internet net net net web net net web internet web page. if You all over the place the case of take into account that the fact that the truth that the fact that the truth that the real stroll all over the place the park which have remarks or questions everywhere the case of the operate, please put up in our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/go\/community\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #1155cc;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Webmaster Toughen Talk about board<\/span><\/a><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: black;font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 15px;vertical-align: baseline\">Posted by way of <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+GaryIllyes\">Gary Illyes<\/a>, Webmaster Picks<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/blogspot\/amDG?a=YvIXq5mAtQQ:Ohjj_1HSgz8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/blogspot\/amDG?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/blogspot\/amDG\/~4\/YvIXq5mAtQQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<span>If you are targeting users in more than one country, chances are you already heard about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/189077\"><span>rel-alternate-hreflang<\/span><\/a><span>. If you haven&#8217;t, in short, this annotation enables Google and other search engines to serve the correct language or regional version of pages to searchers, which can lead to increased user satisfaction.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span>Making sure the deployed annotations are usable by search engines can be rather difficult, especially on sites with many pages, and site owners all around the world haven&rsquo;t been shy telling us about this. Today we&#8217;re releasing a feature that should make debugging rel-alternate-hreflang annotations much easier. <\/span><\/div>\n<p><b><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<span>The Language Targeting section in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/webmasters\/tools\/i18n\"><span>International Targeting<\/span><\/a><span> feature enables you to identify two of the most common issues with hreflang annotations:<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<span>Missing return links: annotations must be confirmed from the pages they are pointing to. If page A links to page B, page B must link back to page A, otherwise the annotations may not be interpreted correctly. <\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span>For each error of this kind we report where and when we detected them, as well as where the return link is expected to be.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"incorrect_backlinks.png\" height=\"317px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/LpTFKrz9mGitaBGiRogL4TsTrzrfM0FYUSDPl3m7tRF4yAsgO9k1EvSeoD6J1MxWxfoX_363k-OlwCv6ORiAjTLt4pf2fIMiMeXgcOCIgWnTxBDHGu4YJ7SVT6rkzeFBew\" width=\"624px;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><b><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<span>Incorrect hreflang values: The value of the hreflang attribute must either be a language code in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes\"><span>ISO 639-1<\/span><\/a><span> format such as &#8220;es&#8221;, or a combination of language and country code such as &#8220;es-AR&#8221;, where the country code is in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2\"><span>ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2<\/span><\/a><span> format. <\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span>In case our indexing systems detect language or country codes that are not in these formats, we provide example URLs to help you fix them.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"incorrect_language.png\" height=\"319px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/cAV-ZGFbSxrEqsJZBYjKgGPL7ik1VXhiwaJQq0aFW5et9lbduSEW23uUQAPnAWKaHk-QX_DSbv4oiO5xMrv77qNFOL-hUg_jPvbT2rUlrSuwRXAhR07RCbm3_jhY91_M5Q\" width=\"624px;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><b><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<span>Additionally, we&#8217;ve moved the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/62399\"><span>geographic targeting<\/span><\/a><span> setting to this part of Webmaster Tools, so that you can find all information relevant to international and multilingual targeting in the same place.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<span>We hope you&#8217;ll find this new feature useful and that it helps you to identify issues with the rel-hreflang-implementation on your site. If you have comments or questions about the feature, please post in our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/go\/community\"><span>Webmaster Help Forum<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+GaryIllyes\">Gary Illyes<\/a>, Webmaster Trends<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/blogspot\/amDG?a=YvIXq5mAtQQ:Ohjj_1HSgz8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/blogspot\/amDG?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/blogspot\/amDG\/~4\/YvIXq5mAtQQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urlrate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urlrate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urlrate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urlrate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urlrate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.urlrate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urlrate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urlrate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urlrate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}