Hreflang missing
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Hi everybody,
I cannot find the hreflang in the source code neither in the sitemaps but Google search console is showing me the tag. Did anyone have this problem? Or does anyone know how to check it? I scanned the site and no tool detected the hreflang in it. Thank you.
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Hi poliedric,
I seem to remember a situation when it was loading by ajax, could that be your case? that could explain you not finding it in the source code and GSC still showing you the tag. Info on extentions for finding ajax content https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7830864/jquery-load-data-not-showing-up-in-page-source
I´m not a coder though so could be other reasons
Hope this helps
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