- Class
- C4 Informational
- Weight
- 0
- Severity on fail
- info
- Applies to
- Any engine
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Scope and evidence
Evaluated on pages in P with annotations. The book marks this requirement .
Observations
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.
multiple_methods{url} declares hreflang through {methods}. Google says the methods are equivalent, and using all three brings "no benefit in Search".
Sources, quoted
These are the passages the rule rests on, stored once in the knowledge base and emitted exactly as written. A citation marked for specific conditions appears only on findings with those codes.
“no benefit in Search”
[G-HREFLANG] Tell Google about localized versions of your page · Methods for indicating your alternate pages · last updated 2026-09-21
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/international/localized-versions