Hreflang Sitemap
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Hi all,
Have you ever created an hreflang sitemap using in-house resources or a third-party company for a group of over 70 sites, each with hundreds of pages and all with localised URLs?
If so, would you mind sharing how you did it, or the contact details of the company you used?
In this specific case there is nothing in the URL or code that I can use to group the alternatives automatically.
Thanks,
Carlos
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Hola Carlos!
I'd suggest you to use the tool Mediaflow offers for free for creating sitemaps.xml with the hreflang annotations.
Check this page from their site, because it explains well what the tool does and how you can use it: http://www.themediaflow.com/resources/tools/href-lang-tool/
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