Hreflang Tags & Canonicals Being Used

[Snaptech_Marketing]

We have a site on which both hreflang tags and canonicals are being used. There are multiple languages, but for this I'll explain our problem using two.

There are a ton of dupe page titles coming up in GSC, and we're not sure if we have an issue or not.

First, the hreflang tags are implement properly. UK page pointing there, US page pointing there. Further down the page, there are canonical tags - except the UK canonical tag points to the UK page, and the US version points to the US page.

I'm not sure if this will cause an issue in terms of SEO or indexing. Has anyone experienced this before or does anything have any insight into this?

Thanks much!

Matt

[ThomasHarvey]

Going by: "First, the hreflang tags are implement properly. UK page pointing there, US page pointing there. Further down the page, there are canonical tags - except the UK canonical tag points to the UK page, and the US version points to the US page. "

It looks like you're doing it fine, however just use the chart on the site Nikhilesh linked:https://hreflang.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mobile-hreflang-canonical.png

[NickJasuja]

It's a little hard to understand your question without a URL or at least the relevant markup.

In general, avoid using Hreflang on pages that are duplicates i.e., pages that use a rel=canonical pointing to another page. If you absolutely must use hreflang on such pages, make sure the tags point to the canonical versions of the pages in the cluster. I blogged about this issue here: Can I use Hreflang and Canonical Together?