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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
- Omit, Exclude or Remove 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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- 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 URL's missing from 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
- Generate XML Site Map – To Rebuild or Update from Existing URL’s
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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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This error occurs when the page has a canonical to a different page. For example
The page URL is https://www.mysite.com/en/uk/somepage.html but the canonical tag on the page references a different URL. In this case it is pointing to the http version. These are two different pages and they must match.
<link rel=”canonical” href=”https://www.mysite.com/en/uk/somepage.html”/>
Common reasons for mismatched canonicals.
- Canonical To HTTP or HTTPS version
- Canonical to Trailing Slash
- Canonical to Parameter
Real example:
In the example below, Chase Bank has a page for Spanish speakers https://www.chase.com/espanol and they have set a hreflang to pair it with the main English home page. When you go to the /espanol page the canonical on that page tells the search engines to ignore the /espanol page and take the global page. This will create an error and will result in a return tag error for the Spanish version of the page since the search engine will ignore that URL.
