{"id":21960,"date":"2023-12-21T12:26:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T12:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dopinger.com\/blog\/?p=21960"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:26:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T12:26:23","slug":"hreflan-annotation-invalid-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dopinger.com\/blog\/hreflan-annotation-invalid-error","title":{"rendered":"Hreflang Annotation Invalid Error in Technical SEO\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The &#8220;hreflang annotation invalid&#8221; error in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dopinger.com\/blog\/technical-seo-checklist\">technical SEO<\/a> signals problems with language or region codes in a website&#8217;s hreflang annotations. This occurs when codes do not align with established standards, such as ISO 639-1 for language and ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 for region. 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