Hreflang usage for language & country x only language

[Julisn]

Hi guys,

I´m dealing with a website of a client where hreflang tags are implemented as follows:

As you can see the hreflang tags reference language & countrycode as well as only the languagecode with the same URL (for french: website/fr/ihr-besuch/online-tickets" hreflang="fr-fr"  as well as hreflang="fr" href="https://www.website/fr/ihr-besuch/online-tickets").

Is this a problem and should be corrected so that either language & countrycode is referenced or only languagecode?

Thanks in advance!

[LynnPatchett]

HI,

I don't know if it would make a huge difference in how google will understand the site but it is not a 'normal' setup as per documentation: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en

If the site does not have different regional variation pages of english (UK vs USA for example) then there is no need to double up hreflang markup with regional notation. You just need the hreflang='en' and it is good for all english language searches regardless of location. Same goes for all the languages.

Personally I would remove the extra regional tags to avoid confusion and keep things as simple as possible.