The correct hreflang for the GB

[Taiger]

Hi does anyone know the correct hreflang for the UK

Google webmaster error:

International Targeting | Language > 'en-GB' - no return tags (sitemaps)Sitemap provided URLs and alternate URLs in 'en-GB' that do not have return tags.Thanks you all

[MattAntonino]

Generally when you get the no return tags error it means that you put a hreflang for one page but not the referring page.

Let's say your pages are:

• website.com/en
• website.com/es
• website.com/fr

If you put hreflang tags on /en but not the rest, you'll get the no return tags error.

So just put the full hreflang tag set on every page that uses any one of the languages and you'll solve this error. Also see Webmasters Support for more info.

[Taiger]

Hi MattAntonio,

Thanks for your reply, so are you saying that this code is correct?

Regards Tai

[MattAntonino]

Well, you have two .com.com in there ... so that's in general wrong.

But yes, it's en-gb, not en-UK.

You just have to have all the tags on all the pages. You can use Flang to see what's wrong as well.

[Taiger]

Sorry

But what if my site is only in english and not multi language.. do i need to use the above.

Using Flang, I tested BBC.co.uk and Moz.com and both do not use hreflang...

Confused..

[MattAntonino]

If your site is only in English you don't need to use hreflang tags at all.

[Taiger]

Great, thanks for clearing this up.

Have a great day..