Audit rules
hreflang Without Return Link
The page names an alternate language version that does not name the page back. In a QuikSEO audit, a failure of this rule has warning severity and is left out of the score. Below are the exact condition, its exceptions and the sources behind it, followed by the other rules of the same group.
site.hreflang_not_reciprocalWarning01 — Definition
How This Rule Is Checked
The rule is a pure function of the fetched page: no extra requests, no account settings. The same input always gives the same result.
Rule Severity and Score
- Rule id
site.hreflang_not_reciprocal- Group
- Site (Crawl)
- Severity of a failure
- Warning
- Counts in the score
- No, the site rules of a crawl are left out of the score
- Required for a score
- No
Condition and Exceptions
- Condition
- Page A lists page B as an hreflang alternate, B was audited, and B does not list A → fail on A
- Exceptions
- Alternates on other hosts or not crawled are not judged
Sources
- Sources
- Tell Google about localized versions of your page (Google Search Central, Q44)
02 — Site (Crawl)
Other Rules in This Group
The other checks of the same group, each with its own condition and sources.
- Duplicate Titlesite.duplicate_title
- Duplicate Meta Descriptionsite.duplicate_meta_description
- Internal Link to an Error Pagesite.broken_internal_link
- Internal Link Through a Redirectsite.redirect_internal_link
- Invalid Sitemapsite.sitemap_invalid
- Sitemap URL Not Indexablesite.sitemap_url_not_indexable
- Orphan Pagesite.orphan_page
- Deep Pagesite.click_depth