Audisto Crawler Hints
Hreflang Tag Validator International SEO Tool
What is the hreflang checker for
Ensure Proper Language Targeting: Detect issues with hreflang implementation including misplaced tags, missing self-references, and language tag mismatches.
Validate Technical Implementation: Find problems with URL formatting, document language settings, and XML sitemap integration affecting international SEO.
Maintain Clean Structure: Identify improper hreflang implementations that could confuse search engines about your international content relationships.
Monitor Implementation Quality: Track hreflang changes across your website to maintain proper language targeting and prevent international SEO issues.
How to check hreflang tag issues at scale
International SEO needs precision
Proper hreflang implementation is crucial for international SEO success. Our analysis helps you maintain accurate language targeting across your website. While our quick check provides immediate insights for single pages, our full crawler ensures consistent hreflang implementation across your entire website.
Critical Hreflang related hints
Hreflang: Found outside <head>
An hreflang link was placed outside the <head> section and so search engines will ignore it.Learn more
Hreflang: Language tags in HTML and hreflang self link differ
<link> tag with hreflang attribute points to current URL, but the language is different than the one set in the HTML.Learn more
Hreflang: Self link missing
<link> tags with hreflang-attribute were found, but none of them points to the current URL.Learn more
Hreflang: URL empty or malformed
<link> tag with hreflang attribute was found, but the URL it points to is invalid.Learn moreXML sitemaps: <html:link> is no hreflang link
This hint identifies all XML sitemap files that contain a <xhtml:link> which is not a valid hreflang link.Learn more
Problem indicating Hreflang related hints
Hreflang: Self link found, but document has no language
<link> tag with hreflang attribute points to current URL, but the document itself has no language set.Learn more
Informational Hreflang related hints
Hreflang: Found
<link> tag with hreflang attribute was foundLearn moreHreflang: URL is not absolute
If the hreflang element specifies a URL relative to the current URL, it is flagged with this hint.Learn more