Using rel=alternate hreflang element on ccTLDs
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We have multilingual websites with some content variations but 60% of the content on site remains the same.
Is it still advisable to use:rel=alternate hreflang option on ccTLDs when ccTLDs are in itself strong signal for Google to display result in respective countries
1. example.com
4. example.de
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Absolutely. We have seen nothing but positives when using the hreflang tag. Of course, make sure you use it appropriately and don't accidentally tag a page that doesn't have a sibling on the other ccTLDs
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