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hreflang URLs are fully qualified

SEO-I18N-03C1 Mechanism· w8

Class
C1 Mechanism
Weight
8
Severity on fail
critical
Applies to
Google

Test this rule on a live site with the hreflang checker. Free, no account needed.

Scope and evidence

Evaluated on pages in P with annotations. The book marks this requirement REQUIRED, SEARCH-ENGINE-SPECIFIC.

Fail conditions

Each condition has a stable code and a reason template. The evaluator fills the placeholders from observed values only; no sentence in a report is generated.

  • not_fully_qualified

    The hreflang URL “{href}” on {url} is not fully qualified. Google requires alternate URLs to include the transport method (http/https).

The documented fix

Build alternate URLs from the configured base URL.

Sources, quoted

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