Articles tagged with #hreflang
Hreflang pairs don't reciprocate, language codes don't match (zh vs zh-CN), x-default missing. Auto-emit from translationKey, validate with the Merkle hreflang tester, fix at the source.
A crawler flags "missing return tags" on your hreflang cluster: page A points to B, but B doesn't point back to A. Make every reference reciprocal so Google stops ignoring the whole set.
Scope a per-locale launch with AI in 90 minutes: hreflang return tags, Intl.NumberFormat currency, and copy-paste verification commands.
Set hreflang for en and zh but a validator flags missing x-default? What x-default does, the 6 configs that break it, and copy-ready fixes.
The minimum-viable SEO setup for an Astro site: the exact head tags every page needs, the pixel limits that matter, and patterns that hold at 500+ articles.
Should your first content site be English-only, Chinese-only, or bilingual? Real cost math, AdSense CPM gap, plus copy-paste Astro i18n, hreflang, and sitemap config (June 2026).
A go/no-go decision for bilingual content sites: the Search Console country signal that proves demand, a self-referencing hreflang template, and a 30-article re-evaluation gate.
Use an LLM to audit hreflang on a multi-locale site: missing return tags, wrong codes, slug mismatches. Real prompt, real tools, June 2026.
Google retired the International Targeting report in 2022, so hreflang errors no longer show in Search Console. Here is how to find No return tags, invalid language code, and 404 target errors with a crawler instead, and how to fix each.
Running AdSense on an English + Chinese (or any bilingual) site in 2026: how AdSense detects language, why Chinese RPM runs lower, the policy edges, and the structural calls to make before you apply.
A practical guide to `hreflang` for English/Chinese (or any two-language) sites: exactly what goes in `<head>`, what generators get wrong, and how to verify it in 2026 now that Search Console's old report is gone.