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Hreflang errors "no return tag" sitemap.xml , and local search landing page with wrong Languages

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June0127 last edited by

Really need help , our website when search in google(US) will provide global page (keyword:asus/asus zenfone3).

and search console also return "no return tags"another wear thing is when use googlebot crawl sitemap.xml googlebot cannot finish the file less than a quarterCan you please advise on what needs to be edited or changed to make sure my implementation is correct and not returning errors?
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CraigBradford last edited by

Hi June,

Can you share the URLs so I can take a look? I won't be able to help other than just link to the standard hreflang guidelines unless I can look at the specific site.

Craig
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