Multiple x-default entries can interfere with a search engine’s ability to follow your hreflang tag. 

The duplicated entries should be removed to resolve this particular issue.

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Multiple Defaults Create Conflicting Signals

You should never have more than one x-default entry on a page since that sends a confusing message to search engines.

And so, you’ll want to ensure that there is only one x-default entry per page.

How to Delete Multiple Defaults

Multiple defaults can be deleted from your site. However, you may not have direct access to this part of your CMS. You may have to put a ticket in the dev queue. 

There is another solution to this problem that can resolve the issue at scale.

Deleting Multiple Defaults at Scale

Bypass the dev queue and resolve this hreflang issue with next-generation SEO platform ClarityAutomate. 

All it takes is three steps. 

  1. Select what you'd like to optimize
    To solve this problem, we want to optimize a part of the site’s code, so we simply select “code.” 
  2. Choose how you'd like to optimize it
    Since we’re looking to get rid of extra defaults, we select “delete.”
  3. XPath of the x-default entry/entries that needs to be removed.
    Select the Xpath location of the entry or entries that need to be deleted. 

Before and After

This three-step process is all it takes to delete multiple entries. 

 

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