: Multilingual Site - No Alternative page Issue I am working on Multilingual site targeting different languages in one country. So, English version site has many pages while there are comparatively

@Hamaas447

I recommend implementing <hreflang> tags on your pages. It can be a long process, but it can be worth it for SEO. Every time you create a new international page, be sure to implement these meta tags.

Read the Moz spec here:
moz.com/learn/seo/hreflang-tag
Those pages which have no alternative international counterparts can use the x-default meta tag. As Moz tells it:

"If your page serves up content in a variety of languages or just asks a user to select a preferred page, you can use x-default to show that the page is not specifically targeted."

Yoast SEO puts it slightly differently:

"The x-default value specifies where a user should be sent if none of the languages you’ve specified in your other hreflang links match their browser settings."

Remember to place the full set of tags - the tag that references itself plus all the tags that reference alternative language pages - on each page. So if you have 3 pages, there should be three tags, and this set should live on every page. For pages that don't have a counterpart, use the x-default tag.

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@BetL925

I think the best would be to hide the language toggle menu when the conter part page does not exist.

But I recommend having a counter part page in French for all pages. I don't see a reason for not having he same sections in both langages. If it is because the French translation is not available, at least put the content in English with a warning (in French) saying Sorry this page is not available in French (Désolé, cette page n'est pas disponible en français).

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