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      http://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!searchin/webmasters/rel$20alternate$20not$20works/webmasters/xzwTBJemPss/LyRjRCigZdYJ

      http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=189077
      Situation:www.example.ca - canadian IP  and  https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/settings:"Your site's domain is currently associated with the target: Canada" - done long time ago.<head><link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.ca/" />    <link< span="">rel="alternate" hreflang="en-us" href="http://www.example.com/" /></link<><link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-ca" href="http://www.example.ca/" /><link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="http://www.example.com/" />```
      www.example.com - US IP  and
      https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/settings:
      "Geographic target Target users in: United States"

      • done long time ago.
        <head><link rel="canonical" href="http://www.example.com/" /> <link< span="">rel="alternate" hreflang="en-us" href="http://www.example.com/" /><link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-ca" href="http://www.example.ca/" />
        <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="http://www.example.com/" />

      Differences: Prices and some minor changes in design.

      cache:www.example.com - shows .ca version,
      with snapshot's date after rel="alternate" had been added.
      Results: In usexample.com pages do not appear in search results.
      Some times www.example.ca pages do,
      but they are even close so well ranked as example.com pages before.

      Question: What we are doing wrong?</link<>

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