Locale URL Structure

Locale URL structure defines where language or country versions live. Common patterns include ccTLDs, subdomains, subdirectories, and language-country paths.

The structure should be consistent, crawlable, measurable, and maintainable. It should support canonical tags, hreflang, sitemaps, internal links, analytics, and user choice.

Practical checks

• Language and country codes are valid and consistent.
• Each locale URL can load directly.
• Canonicals point to the intended locale page.
• Hreflang references final indexable URLs.
• Internal links and language switchers expose alternate versions.
• Sitemaps include canonical locale URLs.