M. mobile version for a multilanguage site, canonical best practices

[newbiebird]

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[katemorris]

Whew. This one is a tough one. A mobile and multilingual site is hard.

First, keep in mind that br is not a language. Portuguese is the main language in Brazil. They have the hreflang right, but the URL can be confusing. It won't hurt anything, but my guess is the client is confused as to what constitutes a language code vs a country code.

Second, this is a great guide to read: https://www.portent.com/blog/seo/implement-hreflang-canonical-tags-correctly.htm

And here is a good chart from Aleyda Solis. Look at the Mobile first index part

https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.seroundtable.com/hreflang-google-mobile-first-1511959807.png

Few short answers:

1. You should use hreflang on the mobile pages.
2. You should use the canonical to desktop version of the mobile page for the targeted language.

[newbiebird]

Thanks Kate, 
the  https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.seroundtable.com/hreflang-google-mobile-first-1511959807.png is really what I needed. Cheers!