hreflang-audit

You can check hreflang annotations by running an audit on SF crawl exports to detect missing hreflang elements, identify discrepancies in hreflang code usage, and validate x-default settings across international URLs.

Hreflang reciprocity requires every international URL to return alternate links to its referring pages, preventing broken redirects and maintaining international SEO performance across multilingual sites.

You can validate x-default settings by inspecting hreflang elements in SF crawl exports, which checks for the correct use of x-default and ensures the configuration matches the locale of the site it refers to.

Yes, you can audit hreflang annotations by loading SF crawl exports using sf_list_crawls, sf_load_crawl, and sf_export_seo_element_urls tools, then running the audit with the project slug and optional export date.

Hreflang configuration mismatches occur when the hreflang codes do not match the locale of the site they refer to; consistency checks inspect hreflang elements to verify their presence and validate locale consistency.

Yes, SF crawl exports are required as they provide the crawl data loaded via sf_list_crawls, sf_load_crawl, and sf_export_seo_element_urls tools to detect incorrect hreflang codes and validate x-default settings.