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(Entry was posted by Kenneth Villegas on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 12/16/2014).

We manage a multilingual site.

Hey guys.. I have a question regarding Multilingual site. We manage a multilingual site but I don`t how to properly implement href lang codes. We use ccTLDs for international versions of our main site, which is US site. How should  I start? Thanks!?
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  • Kenneth Villegas: Hey guys.. I have a question regarding Multilingual site. We manage a multilingual site but I don't how to properly implement href lang codes. We use ccTLDs for international versions of our main site, which is US site. How should  ;I start? Thanks!
  • ?ukasz Rogala: I would start here: ;https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en

    And when it comes to life examples: ;http://moz.com/blog/hreflang-behaviour-insights

    Hope it helps. If not feel free to ask in-details. :)
  • Kenneth Villegas: Thanks for your help +Łukasz Rogala ;but can I use the same href lang code like this:

    <link rel="alternate" href="http://example.au" hreflang="au" /> ;
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://example.co.uk" hreflang="uk" /> ;
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://example.fr" hreflang="fr" /> ;
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://example.ch" hreflang="ch" /> ;
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://example.de" hreflang="de /> ;

    <link rel="alternate" href="http://example.com" hreflang="x-default" /> ;
  • Kenneth Villegas: Also, how can I setup this in Google Webmaster Tools?
  • ?ukasz Rogala: If you want to generate the correct hreflang tags use this tool by +Aleyda Solis http://www.internationalseomap.com/hreflang-tags-generator/

    In Google Webmaster Tools you can select correct country targetting doing things listed here: ;https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/62399?hl=en
  • Kenneth Villegas: Should I add all the sites in Google Webmaster tools? or the main site only which is example.com?
  • Kenneth Villegas: i will add the href lang to all versions of the site right?
  • ?ukasz Rogala: Yes. Each language version should contain correct hreflangs. So if you have for example de, ch, pl, us, uk versions of site each version should contain code which you will generate.

    Also please remember that hreflang attribute is relative so you have to generate it for each subpage and it's language version.
  • Kenneth Villegas: so i will add href lang also for each subpages?
  • Kenneth Villegas: how about Google Webmaster Tools? Is it necessary adding all the language versions of the site in GWT?or the main site only, which is example.com?
  • ?ukasz Rogala: Yes. Just gather all the versions of each subpage and generate hreflangs for them too. If you want to check if you did it right - send me on email: [email protected].
  • Kenneth Villegas: You did not answer my question about thi>> ;
    how about Google Webmaster Tools? Is it necessary adding all the language versions of the site in GWT?or the main site only, which is example.com?
    lol thanks! :D
  • ?ukasz Rogala: Add every single language version to Google Webmaster Tools and then choose the language targeting.
  • Kenneth Villegas: ok thanks! but I'm having problem with adding the href lang in subpages because the homepage href lang will still show up. I'm using wordpress.

View original question in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 12/16/2014).