Timeline for Are hreflangs needed in the XML sitemap if they are used in the head of each page?
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| Oct 24, 2018 at 12:16 | history | edited | John Could | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Including more information about the question
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| Oct 24, 2018 at 10:30 | vote | accept | Adam | ||
| Oct 24, 2018 at 8:47 | comment | added | John Could | Exactly if you dont use the sitemap to declare your alternative language then just put this: <loc>example.com/about</loc> | |
| Oct 24, 2018 at 8:43 | comment | added | Adam |
Yeah sorry was unclear. What I meant is, you say its enough to put <loc>example.com/about</loc> in the sitemap and there is no need to put <loc>example.com/fr/about</loc> and <loc>example.com/about</loc> together in the sidemap -right? This would be the opposite of what Σπύρος Γούλας said.
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| Oct 24, 2018 at 8:39 | comment | added | John Could | No, <loc> is a required tag for sitemaps you have to include that i may misunderstand your question sorry is morning over here :) If you are asking which version to include in <loc> then you must include your desired version it doesnt really make any difference i personally usually use the "en" or "x-default" - When Google is going through a website it visits first the robots.txt (where sitemap is declared) so it will return the correct hreflang no matter what you include in <loc> | |
| Oct 24, 2018 at 8:33 | comment | added | Adam |
So if use the head method you would not put <loc>example.com/fr/about</loc> into the sitemap? So you basically saying the opposite as Σπύρος Γούλας :D?
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| Oct 24, 2018 at 8:29 | history | answered | John Could | CC BY-SA 4.0 |