I followed this setup in my sitemap that Google outlines on this page: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/189077?hl=en .<url><loc>http://example.com/en</loc><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/fr hreflang=fr /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/de hreflang=de /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/es hreflang=es /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/en hreflang=x-default /></url><url><loc>http://example.com/fr</loc><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/fr hreflang=fr /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/de hreflang=de /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/es hreflang=es /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/en hreflang=x-default /></url>However, should I also be including a rel=canonical tag like the following?<url><loc>http://example.com/en</loc><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/fr hreflang=fr /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/de hreflang=de /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/es hreflang=es /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/en hreflang=x-default /><xhtml:link rel=canonical href=http://example.com/en /></url><url><loc>http://example.com/fr</loc><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/fr hreflang=fr /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/de hreflang=de /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/es hreflang=es /><xhtml:link rel=alternate href=http://example.com/en hreflang=x-default /><xhtml:link rel=canonical href=http://example.com/fr /></url>Thank you!
Should I be using both rel=canonical and rel=alternate within my sitemap?
sitemap;xml sitemap;hreflang;rel canonical;rel alternate