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hreflang Tag Tester

What Is An hreflang Tag Tester?

A Hreflang Tag Tester is a tool that checks whether your website’s hreflang tags are correctly implemented for international and multilingual SEO.

Why Does It Matter?

A hreflang Tag Tester informs search engines like Google:

  • Which language is a page in?
  • Which country is it targeting?
  • Which version of a page to show to different users?

If hreflang is set up incorrectly, you might:

  • Show the wrong language page to users.
  • Compete with your own pages in search results.
  • Lose international traffic and rankings..

How to Use the Tool

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions
About hreflang tag tester

What does this hreflang tester check?

This tool fetches your page and extracts all <link rel="alternate" hreflang="..."> tags. For each tag it checks the HTTP status, indexability (including X-Robots-Tag HTTP headers), whether a return link exists, detected language, the <html lang> attribute, and Content-Language headers.

What is a return link and why does it matter?

How can I make sure hreflang tags are working correctly?

Why does the tool need a user agent?

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