Implementing rel alternate and rel canonical on the same page!

[HiteshBharucha]

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[Andy.Drinkwater]

Quite a lengthy discussion on this here http://moz.com/blog/rel-confused-answers-to-your-rel-canonical-questions

You will find it being talked about in the comments. Hope it helps a little.

-Andy

[LynnPatchett]

Hi Hitesh,

There is no technical problem in using both hreflang and canonical tags on the same page. As you mention in most instances the canonical will be self referencing and this setup is ok and causes no confusion for the spiders. It is also possible to cross reference languages in the canonical tag (for example canonical the en-gb to the en-in page or vice versa). This can get a bit tricky if you are not aware of the behavior which this can cause (check the answer to this question where David explains it in detail). But for addressing url variables using self referencing canonical tags within an hreflang setup, you are fine.

[HiteshBharucha]

Thank you Andy and Lynn for sharing your knowledge and thoughts.

I will get rel alternate tags implemented with the self canonical of the url as well.

Many Thanks