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Unsupported Anchor Hreflangs

All anchor links which include hreflang elements.

Priority: Low

Impact: Negative

What issues it may cause​

Hreflang attributes inside normal anchor tags are not supported by search engines so they will be ignored. They need to be inside <link> tags in the HTML head, response headers or in Sitemap links.

How do you fix it​

The hreflang attribute to specify a language or/and locale versions of your pages should be implemented as link tags in the HTML, HTTP Headers or in Sitemaps.

What is the positive impact​

Adding valid hreflang attributes on pages with a language alternative can help for the following reasons:

  • It increases the discoverability of the alternative language or/and locale versions of your pages.
  • It removes potential duplication of the alternative versions.

  • It ensures that the correct pages are ranking for the right users e.g. pages with the appropriate language and currency.

How to fetch the data for this report template​

You will need to run a crawl for report template to generate report. When report has been generated and you have crawl id you can fetch data for the report using the following query:

query GetReportStatForCrawl(
      $crawlId: ObjectID!
      $reportTemplateCode: String!
      $after: String
     ) {
        getReportStat(
          input: {crawlId: $crawlId, reportTemplateCode: $reportTemplateCode}
        ) {
          crawlUniqueLinks(after: $after, reportType: Basic) {
            nodes {
              anchorText
              urlTo
              urlToTitle
              primaryUrlFrom
              primaryUrlFromTitle
              instanceCount
              primaryUrlFromDeeprank
              urlToDeeprank
              hreflang
              linkType
              nofollow
              isRedirect
            }
            totalCount
            pageInfo {
              endCursor
              hasNextPage
            }
          }
       }
     }

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