: Hreflangs and canonicals. Should I chose the canonical version of the page for hreflang tags? So, basically we have implemented canonical tag, which points to the url with the parameters stripped.

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So, basically we have implemented canonical tag, which points to the url with the parameters stripped. For instance, if somebody visits the page
mywebsite.com/en/some-page.php?someparameter=value
The value of the canonical tag on this page would be:

<link href="https://mywebsite.com/en/some-page.php" rel="canonical" />

Now, how should we go about hreflang tag in this case?

Should it point to the canonical language versions of the page like that?

<link href="https://mywebsite.com/ru/some-page.php" rel="alternate" hreflang="ru" />
<link href="https://mywebsite.com/en/some-page.php" rel="alternate" hreflang="en" />

or should it use the exact url accessed by the user?

<link href="https://mywebsite.com/ru/some-page.php?someparameter=value" rel="alternate" hreflang="ru" />
<link href="https://mywebsite.com/en/some-page.php?someparameter=value" rel="alternate" hreflang="en" />

Which is the right scenario? Thank you.

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@Merenda212

If parameter is not affecting content than you need to specify passive typed parameter in URL Parameters tool and use your first solution:

<link href="https://mywebsite.com/ru/some-page.php" rel="alternate" hreflang="ru" />
<link href="https://mywebsite.com/en/some-page.php" rel="alternate" hreflang="en" />

In that case you don't need to specify canonical:

<link href="https://mywebsite.com/en/some-page.php" rel="canonical" />

Note: Consider of using active parameter type in case it actually affects page content

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