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International Config in a WP Multisite environment: GWT, Yoast, Hreflang, SiteMaps etc ?

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Dan-Lawrence last edited by

Hi

If setting up on a WP multisite environment using Yoast seo plugin how should you:

1) Geotarget in GWT - set up a profile for the different tlds OR the network.domain.com different subfolders ?

2) Set up hreflang sitemaps - can Yoast handle this or anything manual need to be done such as disabling Yoast and creating a bespoke site map with hreflang ? Would this plug in help: https://wordpress.org/plugins/language-selector-related/

3) Any other ideas or recommendations for setting up geotrageting correctly using WP Multisite ?

Thanks

Dan
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