Hreflang in country specific XML Sitemaps?
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Hello!
I'm rolling out hreflang tags in my client's "main" XML Sitemap.
My question is: do we need to implement these tags in the country level XML Sitemaps also?
Thanks!
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Hey SimpleSearch–yes, you'll need to indicate these alternate URLs in your sitemap. Google claims that you can use hreflang or sitemaps to indicate international content, but I typically find that being thorough is best (you can always test whether your updated sitemap has made a difference through log file analysis before and after you execute this change).
Here is Google's writeup on indicating alternate pages via sitemap: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en
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If you have different content/pages oriented for different regions, yes you need to implement
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