TYPO3 Core

Patch set 4 for branch main of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/c/Packages/TYPO3.CMS/+/77807

Just to be sure:

When I set the locale to de_DE.utf-8 - the hreflang would be "de-DE". Before this change I could set the hreflang to "de".

But to have a hreflang with "de-DE" instead of just "de" would mean that this is a specific page for Germany, not for all german users. Or am I wrong?

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/international/localized-versions?hl=en#language-codes

Marc Hirdes wrote in #note-8:

Just to be sure:

When I set the locale to de_DE.utf-8 - the hreflang would be "de-DE". Before this change I could set the hreflang to "de".

But to have a hreflang with "de-DE" instead of just "de" would mean that this is a specific page for Germany, not for all german users. Or am I wrong?

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/international/localized-versions?hl=en#language-codes

Hi Marc,

by default it is set to the locale that was entered ("de-de" when set to "de_DE.UTF-8"), if you override it you can still set "hreflang" yourself in the config.yaml but not in the UI anymore.

Any better idea on how to optimize this for SEO purposes?

Hi Benni,

Thanks for your reply. It is good to know that it is still possible to overwrite it. I would like to keep that option.

On the other hand, for the automated solution it would be better to look at all translations. If there is another locale with the same prefix, like de_DE and de_AT, then the hreflang should keep the country code, so de-DE and de-AT. Otherwise, if there is only one locale with the de_ prefix, just show de in the hreflang.

But even with de_DE and de_AT a better solution might be to have de and de-AT in the hreflang. So it depends and it should still be possible to overwrite it.

Hey Marc,

so, I agree. It should be as "least specific as possible" for the hreflang entries, but if we have multiple ones, we should get more specific. Can you reopen a new ticket for this issue?

Hi Benni,

sry if don't get it, but for what should I open a new ticket? I can live with the changes in #101160.

Marc Hirdes wrote in #note-13:

Hi Benni,

sry if don't get it, but for what should I open a new ticket? I can live with the changes in #101160.

Hey Marc,

I was referring to the automatically detection of "de-DE" vs. "de" if there is only one language / region combination for a language.