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Getting Started
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- Server Last Update Element
- Add URL's to Ignore and Exclude
- Enable or Disable Canonical Checking
- Enable or Disable Forced Lower Case
- Enable or Disable Robots Checking
- Set URL for HREFLang XML Server Location
- Set URL's to Include in XML
- Set/Change Exported XML File Size
- Setting X-Default Language
- Enable or Disable URL Checking
- Error Checking Options
- Enable Mapping Tag Names
- Disable or Enable HTTPS Checking
- Disable or Enable Strip index.html in URLs
- Select User Agent
- Enable Custom Index XML File Name
- Auto Uploading XML Files
- Set URL for HREFLang XML Server Location
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Managing Projects
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- Import Individual Excel or CSV files for each country/language
- Import Individual Site Maps for each country/language
- Importing Blended (Multiple Country Version) XML Site Map(s)
- Importing Multiple Excel/CSV Source Files
- Importing Multiple XML Index Site Maps
- Importing Multiple XML Site Map(s)
- Importing XML Index Site Map(s)
- Importing Zipped XML Index Site Map(s)
- Append New URL's to Existing Country
- How to Delete or Exclude URLs
- Ways to Add URLs to a Country File
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- Whitelisting HREFLang Builder
- Auto Import XML Site Maps from Dropbox
- Screaming Frog for URL Auto Updates
- HREFLang Builder Bot
- Use Auto Update to Add New URL's
- Setting up Deep Crawl API
- DeepCrawl API Considerations
- Setting up OnCrawl API
- Auto Uploading XML Files
- Setting up AWS S3 Bucket for XML Site Maps
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- Mapping Different Page Names
- My Local Country Site is in English
- Using Missing Page Identification Feature
- How do I upload a custom URL mapping table?
- How To Mapping Different Page Names
- Mapping URL's with Product ID's
- How do I download my custom URL mapping table?
- Building a New Custom Mapping Table
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- Adding a New Country or Language
- Editing Existing Projects
- Editing the Country or Language of a Site
- Import Individual Site Maps for each country/language
- Reviewing the Update Status Report
- Setting a Global Language
- Setting or Changing the Country or Language
- What happens once my HREFlang XML is created?
- Setup Automatic Updates
- HREFLang for Regional Sites
- Whitelisting HREFLang Builder
- How to Remove a Country or Language Clone
- How to Clone a Country or Language
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Best Practices
- Clone Another Country URL's
- Duplicate URL's used in HREFLang Elements
- How do I Add a New Country or Language Version to an existing project
- I have localized URL's can I use HREFLang Builder?
- What are the red rows in my project?
- Why are some URLs missing from my XML?
- How do I Add or Replace URL's for a country?
- Can I use a global language like French?
- What are the red rows in my project?
- Finding Included URLs
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Troubleshooting & Errors
- Consistent URL Counts
- Downloading Error Reports
- Using Missing Page Identification Feature
- Why is my country file missing?
- My Project is all Red
- Find URL Source Files
- Why do I have an Unknown_Unknown_csv File
- URL is Redirecting to Error
- Country and Language Mismatch
- Multiple Tags for this Language-Region Code
- Status 0 Code
- Finding Included URLs
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HREFLang Basics
- Are HREFLang Statements Case Sensitive?
- Can HREFlang Builder be used cross domain?
- Does HREFLang URL Order Matter?
- Does the URL order matter for HREFLang elements?
- HREFLang for Regional Sites
- When to use HREFLang Elements?
- What is the HREFLang Element?
- Using Canonicals and HREFLang Tags Together
- How to Rebuild or Update HREFLang XML Site Maps
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HREFLang Mistakes
- Error - Canonical is Self-referencing HREFLang Entry
- Error - Combining HREFLang and Canonical Tags
- Error - Combining Multiple Country or language codes
- Error - HREFLang only on Dot Com Domains
- Error - HREFLang Only on Home Page
- HREFLang Return Tags are Missing
- Mistake - Canonical Mismatch Errors
- Mistake - Incorrect Country or Language Codes
- Mistake - Too Many HREFLang Elements in a Page
- Mistake - Uploading URL's with Errors
- Mistake - Using Protocol-Relative URL's
- Return Tags Not Matching Self-Referencing Values
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HREFLang Builder General
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Use this option when:
1. You have a master XML index that links to individual Country/Language XML files
2. The index file is live on the web and you have the URL.
Requirements:
File Formats: XML
1. The file needs to be an index XML. You Each file imported MUST represent a single country or language segment of the site.
2. XML site map must be live on the website
3. The user must have set the Country/Language format that matches the majority of the URL’s in the file and the system will segment the URL’s to the appropriate country/language.
This screen capture shows the typical format for XML Index files.
How to Use:
Step 1 – Click the option for Upload Multiple URL Files and it will open a box at the bottom of the screen
Step 2- Simply paste the URL(s) for the XML site map into the Sitemaps Links box if they are live on the web. If they are saved to your local computer, use the File Selector to locate them on your computer to upload.
Step 3 – Click CREATE button to import the file(s).
