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Sathiya Kumar V M
Sathiya Kumar V M
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I read so many tutorials about canonical and alternate x-default, but I am still not a 100 per cent sure if this is correct:

I have a multi language page that is structured like this:

https://www.domainexample.com/lang

etc.

User visiting https://www.domainexample.com will be 301-redirected to the appropriate language (/de, /en, /fr, /it etc.) OR to /en if no better language is found.

This means that www.domainexample.com will never render to the user but always redirect. Is it now correct to:

Is it correct to include rel="alternate" of all languages PLUS a canonical link to www.domainexample.com into the language sub sites (/de, /en, /fr) etc.? AND: Should there be a x-default linked to the main domain (without subfolder)? Or should the x-default go to /en

I just can't figure it out. I have not found any consistent explanation for this so far.

I read so many tutorials about canonical and alternate x-default, but I am still not a 100 per cent sure if this is correct:

I have a multi language page that is structured like this:

https://www.domain.com/lang

etc.

User visiting https://www.domain.com will be 301-redirected to the appropriate language (/de, /en, /fr, /it etc.) OR to /en if no better language is found.

This means that www.domain.com will never render to the user but always redirect. Is it now correct to:

Is it correct to include rel="alternate" of all languages PLUS a canonical link to www.domain.com into the language sub sites (/de, /en, /fr) etc.? AND: Should there be a x-default linked to the main domain (without subfolder)? Or should the x-default go to /en

I just can't figure it out. I have not found any consistent explanation for this so far.

I read so many tutorials about canonical and alternate x-default, but I am still not a 100 per cent sure if this is correct:

I have a multi language page that is structured like this:

https://www.example.com/lang

etc.

User visiting https://www.example.com will be 301-redirected to the appropriate language (/de, /en, /fr, /it etc.) OR to /en if no better language is found.

This means that www.example.com will never render to the user but always redirect. Is it now correct to:

Is it correct to include rel="alternate" of all languages PLUS a canonical link to www.example.com into the language sub sites (/de, /en, /fr) etc.? AND: Should there be a x-default linked to the main domain (without subfolder)? Or should the x-default go to /en

I just can't figure it out. I have not found any consistent explanation for this so far.

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Sathiya Kumar V M
Sathiya Kumar V M
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I read so many tutorials about canonical and alternate x-default, but I am still not a 100 per cent sure if this is correct:

I have a multi language page that is structured like this:

https://www.domain.com/lang

https://www.domain.com/lang

etc.

User visiting https://www.domain.comhttps://www.domain.com will be 301-redirected to the appropriate language (/de, /en, /fr, /it etc.) OR to /en if no better language is found.

This means that www.domain.comwww.domain.com will never render to the user but always redirect. Is it now correct to:

Is it correct to include rel="alternate"rel="alternate" of all languages PLUS a canonical link to www.domain.comwww.domain.com into the language sub sites (/de/de, /en/en, /fr/fr) etc.? AND: Should there be a x-default linked to the main domain (without subfolder)? Or should the x-default go to /en/en

I just can't figure it out. I have not found any consistent explanation for this so far.

Thank you in advance.

I read so many tutorials about canonical and alternate x-default, but I am still not a 100 per cent sure if this is correct:

I have a multi language page that is structured like this:

https://www.domain.com/lang

etc.

User visiting https://www.domain.com will be 301-redirected to the appropriate language (/de, /en, /fr, /it etc.) OR to /en if no better language is found.

This means that www.domain.com will never render to the user but always redirect. Is it now correct to:

Is it correct to include rel="alternate" of all languages PLUS a canonical link to www.domain.com into the language sub sites (/de, /en, /fr) etc.? AND: Should there be a x-default linked to the main domain (without subfolder)? Or should the x-default go to /en

I just can't figure it out. I have not found any consistent explanation for this so far.

Thank you in advance.

I read so many tutorials about canonical and alternate x-default, but I am still not a 100 per cent sure if this is correct:

I have a multi language page that is structured like this:

https://www.domain.com/lang

etc.

User visiting https://www.domain.com will be 301-redirected to the appropriate language (/de, /en, /fr, /it etc.) OR to /en if no better language is found.

This means that www.domain.com will never render to the user but always redirect. Is it now correct to:

Is it correct to include rel="alternate" of all languages PLUS a canonical link to www.domain.com into the language sub sites (/de, /en, /fr) etc.? AND: Should there be a x-default linked to the main domain (without subfolder)? Or should the x-default go to /en

I just can't figure it out. I have not found any consistent explanation for this so far.

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Armin Hierstetter
Armin Hierstetter
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Landing page on multi language site: Canonical AND x-default

I read so many tutorials about canonical and alternate x-default, but I am still not a 100 per cent sure if this is correct:

I have a multi language page that is structured like this:

https://www.domain.com/lang

etc.

User visiting https://www.domain.com will be 301-redirected to the appropriate language (/de, /en, /fr, /it etc.) OR to /en if no better language is found.

This means that www.domain.com will never render to the user but always redirect. Is it now correct to:

Is it correct to include rel="alternate" of all languages PLUS a canonical link to www.domain.com into the language sub sites (/de, /en, /fr) etc.? AND: Should there be a x-default linked to the main domain (without subfolder)? Or should the x-default go to /en

I just can't figure it out. I have not found any consistent explanation for this so far.

Thank you in advance.