Introduction
The Language Validation module helps you identify pages on your website that contain words and sentences that are written in a different language from what was specified in the HTML code. This mismatch causes the words to be flagged with spelling issues, when in fact the system was checking for spelling in a different language. Language Validation properly identifies these words and sentences as a different language, and alerts you about areas that may need to have adjustments made to the language settings.
Language Validation can assist with the following issues and more:
Language Validation can assist with the following issues and more:
- SEO penalties: Search engines prioritize websites that are accessible and user-friendly. Inconsistent language on a page can negatively impact search engine rankings.
Accessibility
barriers: Language-related issues can create barriers for people with disabilities.
This document provides an introduction to the Language Validation user documentation collection.
Navigation
- Log in to your Web Governance account.
- Select the domain that you want to work with.
- Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible.
- Click Content Quality.
- Click Language Validation.
- Select an option:
Use the left navigation toolbar for more documentation on the features of this module.
How it works
Language Validation uses language classification (AI) to automatically detect the following on each page:
- Languages that are used
- Distribution of languages
- Sentence boundaries of each language
The system compares the language(s) that are detected by AI to the language that is specified in the HTML lang tag. Language Validation can identify and flag the following:
- Mismatched language tags: Pages with an incorrect language tag
- Missing language tags: Pages that do not have a language tag
- Multi-language pages: Pages with content in multiple languages
Language Validation
Introduction
The Language Validation module helps you identify pages on your website that contain words and sentences that are written in a different language from what was specified in the HTML code. This mismatch causes the words to be flagged with spelling issues, when in fact the system was checking for spelling in a different language. Language Validation properly identifies these words and sentences as a different language, and alerts you about areas that may need to have adjustments made to the language settings.
Language Validation can assist with the following issues and more:
Language Validation can assist with the following issues and more:
- SEO penalties: Search engines prioritize websites that are accessible and user-friendly. Inconsistent language on a page can negatively impact search engine rankings.
Accessibility
barriers: Language-related issues can create barriers for people with disabilities.
This document provides an introduction to the Language Validation user documentation collection.
Navigation
- Log in to your Web Governance account.
- Select the domain that you want to work with.
- Expand the left menu bar if the options are not visible.
- Click Content Quality.
- Click Language Validation.
- Select an option:
Use the left navigation toolbar for more documentation on the features of this module.
How it works
Language Validation uses language classification (AI) to automatically detect the following on each page:
- Languages that are used
- Distribution of languages
- Sentence boundaries of each language
The system compares the language(s) that are detected by AI to the language that is specified in the HTML lang tag. Language Validation can identify and flag the following:
- Mismatched language tags: Pages with an incorrect language tag
- Missing language tags: Pages that do not have a language tag
- Multi-language pages: Pages with content in multiple languages
Web Governance