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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
- Setting Global File Name Prefix – XML Site Maps
- Set Export Type
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Managing Projects
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- Import Individual Excel or CSV files for each country/language
- Import Individual Sitemaps for each country/language
- Importing Blended (Multiple Country Version) XML Site Map(s)
- 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
- How to Add URLs to a Country
- 200 Indexable URLs
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- Whitelisting HREFLang Builder
- Auto Import XML Sitemaps from Dropbox
- Screaming Frog for URL Auto Updates
- HREFLang Builder Bot
- Use Auto Update to Add New URL's
- Setting up Lumar (FormerlyDeep Crawl) API
- DeepCrawl API Considerations
- Setting up OnCrawl API
- Auto Uploading XML Files
- Setting up AWS S3 Bucket for XML Site Maps
- How to Add New URLs to Hreflang Builder
- Setting up Content King API
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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 site to an existing project
- Editing Existing Projects
- Editing the Country or Language of a Site
- Import Individual Sitemaps 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
- How to Clone a Country or Language for X-default
- Removing a Country or Language
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Best Practices
- 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 Non-200 Indexable Status 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 in HREFLang Tags
- Return Tags Not Matching Self-Referencing Values
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HREFLang Builder General
Setting up AWS S3 Bucket for XML Site Maps
The followings are the key steps and technical requirements to set up your AWS S3 buckets to enable auto loading of XML sitemaps to your servers.
Required Elements for HREFLang Builder
To connect Hreflang Builder to your AWS bucket, you need to send us or add these items in this format to the Storage Setup in your account.
Bucket_Name
hreflang_builder_XML_sitemap
The bucket name can be anything you wish, but it should be descriptive to make it easier for others to know what it is for.
key_id
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The Access key_id is generated by the system based on your internal security rules.
secret_key
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The secret_key is generated by the system at teh same time as the key_id based on your internal security rules.
upload_directory
folder_for_my_href
If you want to separate files by brand family or markets within the bucket, you can create directories for each. It is not required, but if you do need/want to use it we need to set it here.
Region
us-west-1
This indicates which Amazon host region the bucket is listed. If you allow multiple regions separate each with a comma.
S3 Bucket Permissions
You must enable public permissions so that the search engines can view and retrieve the XML sitemaps.
Sample S3 Policy Text
Ensure that the security policy text allows the role with access the ability to put and get files to the bucket. Your internal policy rules may vary from the following.
Set Reverse Proxy
Once the bucket is created and you verify Hreflang Builder can upload XML sitemap files the next step will be to setup reverse proxy to the desired public URL addresses.