Hello,
I need help implementing hreflang for the US and Canada on my website. Could someone provide a step-by-step guide for this?
link : https://www.sarvadhi.com/
To implement hreflang for the US and Canada, add the following tags to the <head> of each page: <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-us" href="https://www.sarvadhi.com/us/" />, <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-ca" href="https://www.sarvadhi.com/ca/" />, and <link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://www.sarvadhi.com/" /> for fallback. Optionally, include these annotations in your XML sitemap. Ensure canonical tags point to the correct localized version, and validate the implementation with Google Search Console or hreflang testing tools. This helps search engines direct users to the right regional version of your website. If you face any issues, feel free to reach out, and I’ll be happy to assist.
Hi,
Add hreflang Tags in the Section: Place the following tags in the head section of each page to indicate the correct regional versions of your site. This helps search engines serve the appropriate version of your website to users based on their location:
Canonical Tags: Make sure each page has a canonical tag that points to the appropriate localized version to avoid any duplicate content issues. For example, the canonical tag for the Canadian page would look like this:
Include hreflang Tags in XML Sitemap (Optional): For additional SEO benefits, you can also add these hreflang annotations to your XML sitemap. This makes it easier for search engines to find and understand your hreflang implementation.
Validation: After implementing, validate your hreflang setup using Google Search Console or online hreflang testing tools. This will help ensure that there are no issues with your tags and that search engines can correctly identify the regional versions of your site.
Fallback Version: The x-default tag is important because it points to a fallback version of your site (like the global homepage) for users who don’t fit into the specified regional categories (US or Canada in this case).
The entire purpose of hreflangs is to indicate other localizations and translations of the current page.
Your site is not localized, so hreflangs have no value.
If you do add Webflow localization, hreflangs are automatically created and managed for you.
Here are Google’s docs if you want to learn more.
Thank you for your response. However, if I don’t implement localization on my site, how can hreflang work properly?
Hreflang is only for localized sites.
Are you trying to manually localize a page without using Webflow localization?
Looking at your sitemap there are no pages that appear to be localized variants.
Hii,
If you’re using Webflow Localization, you don’t need to manually add hreflang, as Webflow takes care of it for you. However, if you’re not using Webflow Localization, you can add hreflang tags manually in the <head> section of your pages or set up country-specific subdirectories (e.g., /us/ and /ca/). An alternative way to track and target users by country is by using Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager, which can help segment your audience based on their location without requiring hreflang tags.
If you’re not using Webflow Localization, have you considered using IP-based redirection or geo-targeting with Webflow CMS as alternative options to hreflang for targeting users by country?
Are there any other alternative ways to implement this?
Nensi you’re going to need to be specific about what you’re trying to achieve if you want advice on the setup.
Your notes here aren’t making much sense.
Hreflang is informational, designed to help search engines identify the locale of a page. It’s not a navigational mechanic, and has nothing to do wit targeting users automatically.
If you’re trying to geo-target with Webflow, e.g. one price list for US visitors, a different price list for Canadians, you use custom code with a geoIP service like IPinfo, determine the user’s country, and then update your page accordingly.