Checks / Links, canonical and speed
Links send readers to a page in another language
Pages in one language link to a page that is only in another (an English page linking the Spanish price page). Visitors land on text they cannot read, and the link tells engines that page is the one for this language.
link_wrong_language · Links, canonical and speed · Warning
What to change
Link to this language's own version of the page; if there is none, publish it, or link to the language switcher instead.
How common it is
In the audits of our own sites on 26 Oct 2026 (4 sites): finding judged right on citedby.eu, resaleiq.dev; false alarm on civiqpass.com.
Source: finding audit 2026-10-26 (English).
About this check
| Check ID | link_wrong_language |
|---|---|
| Report section | Links, canonical and speed |
| Severity | Warning |
| How it is decided | Measured: read directly from the page or the server's response. |
| Added | Version 9, 24 October 2026 |
| Status | Measured in every report |
| Report gives the code | No, the fix is described in words |
Related checks
- Broken internal links
- Canonical points to a broken or redirecting URL
- Redirect loop
- Canonical points to a noindex page
- Canonical points to another page
- Pages refuse or do not answer our crawler
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