How to handle paginated pages
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Paginated listings need their own canonical URLs and clear links between pages so crawlers reach every item.
Step by step, with screenshots: Pagination in 2026: rel=prev/next is gone, what now →
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What a passing site looks like
- Pagination links are in placeinfo onlyeffort S
Pagination links found (rel="prev"/"next")
Why it matters. rel="prev" and rel="next" mark this page as part of a series. Google no longer uses them for indexing, but browsers and other search engines still read them, and they do no harm.
How to fix it.
- Keep them if your CMS emits them; make sure each paginated page also has its own canonical URL and links to the next page in the HTML.