What are some of the most common errors in hreflang implementation?
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Correct answer: Adding the country value first, followed by the language value, rather than the other way around, Adding the wrong language or country value to a page, Specifying the country without specifying the language.
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The correct options highlight common errors in hreflang implementation. Hreflang attributes use the format language-country, so placing the country value first (e.g., en-us is correct, us-en is incorrect) is a frequent mistake. Incorrectly assigning language or country codes to pages (e.g., tagging a French page for Germany as en-de instead of fr-de) causes Google to ignore the directive. Lastly, while specifying only a language (e.g., en) is valid and applies to all English speakers, specifying only a country (e.g., de) without a language is not a valid hreflang attribute and will be ignored. The incorrect option describes best practices, not errors.
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