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Hreflang Return Tag Validator

Paste alternate link markup to inspect hreflang and href pairs without network requests.

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Paste link tags to check reciprocal references.

Runs locally on pasted markup. It does not fetch URLs or make SEO ranking claims.

A QUICK WALKTHROUGH

How to use this tool

  1. Paste your alternate link tags.
  2. Validate the markup to list language and URL references.
  3. Compare the references with the pages you control.

Pasted markup only

Parsing happens locally and reports the hreflang and href values found in alternate link tags.

No network or ranking claims

It does not fetch pages, prove reciprocal deployment, or predict SEO performance.

GOOD TO KNOW

Common questions

Does it fetch the URLs?

No.

Does it prove reciprocal tags are live?

No. Compare the pasted markup with the pages you control.

Does it predict ranking?

No.