Results for “canonical”
4 fix pages and 25 guides.
Fix pages
- How to fix missing or wrong canonical tagsHigh impact.Fixes
duplicate-content+32 min - How to handle paginated pagesFor information.Fixes
pagination-loops+11 min - How to set up Open Graph tagsHigh impact.Fixes
og-image+83 min - Why a page cannot be indexed and how to fix itHigh impact.Fixes
indexable-status+11 min
Guides
- SEO10 min read
Alternate page with proper canonical tag: what it means and when to act
"Alternate page with proper canonical tag" in Search Console means the page points its canonical at another URL and Google agreed, so only the other URL is indexed. Usually nothing needs fixing; here is how to spot the cases that do.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO22 min read
Canonical tags explained: what rel=canonical does, how to set it, every mistake we see
A canonical tag is a line in a page's head that names the URL search engines should index when the same content lives at several addresses.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO12 min read
Canonicals across domains: syndication, mirrors and republishing
When one article lives on two domains, learn which case needs a cross-domain canonical, which needs noindex and which needs a redirect, with Google's current syndication advice and code.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO13 min read
Duplicate without user-selected canonical: what it means and how to fix it
"Duplicate without user-selected canonical" in Search Console means Google sees the page as a copy of another URL, the page names no canonical, and Google indexed the other URL. When to act and how.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO9 min read
How to add a canonical tag in WordPress and Shopify
Where WordPress core, Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO and Shopify themes print the canonical tag, how to change it for one page or a whole template, and how to fix the duplicates each platform tends to create.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO11 min read
hreflang and canonical tags: how to use them together
hreflang and canonical tags do different jobs, and they only work together when every language version is canonical to itself. The rules, examples for tricky cases, and the conflicts that make Google ignore your hreflang.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO10 min read
Next.js SEO: metadata, rendering, sitemaps and canonicals
Next.js SEO is mostly configuration: the framework renders on the server by default, so the work is setting metadata, canonicals, sitemaps and status codes correctly per route. What to set in the App Router and the pitfalls that undo it.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - Social10 min read
og:url and the canonical tag: keeping them in sync
og:url is the address Facebook, LinkedIn and WhatsApp file a share under. When it differs from the canonical, shares split and cards link to the wrong page. What the report compares and how to fix it.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO14 min read
Redirect vs canonical tag vs noindex: which to use for each page
A 301 redirect moves visitors and search engines to another URL, a canonical tag keeps the page but asks Google to index another URL, and noindex keeps the page out of search. How each works, a decision table for 16 common cases, and the combinations to avoid.Updated 4 Oct 2026 - SEO9 min read
Angular SEO: server rendering, prerendering and route metadata
Angular SEO starts with turning on server-side rendering or prerendering, because a default Angular app renders in the browser. How to set it up with @angular/ssr, choose a render mode per route, and set titles, meta tags, canonicals and status codes.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO13 min read
Faceted navigation and parameter URLs: keeping filters out of the index
Filters, sort options and tracking tags turn one category into thousands of URLs. Learn which parameter URLs to index, canonicalise, noindex or block, how to handle utm and click ids, and how to see what Googlebot crawls.Updated 27 Sept 2026 - SEO11 min read
HTTPS migration SEO: move from http to https without losing rankings
Moving from http to https changes every URL on your site. The SEO steps in the right order: certificate, one-hop redirects, canonicals, sitemaps, mixed content, Search Console and HSTS last.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - Platforms12 min read
Joomla and Drupal: the settings the report checks and where they are
Where Joomla and Drupal keep the settings behind a website report's findings, from URLs, titles and canonical tags to compression, caching, security headers and updates, with a lookup table.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO11 min read
Pagination in 2026: rel=prev/next is gone, what now
Google stopped reading rel=prev/next in 2019 and most pagination advice still assumes it. What page 2 needs now: canonical, title and link rules, WordPress settings, and what to do with load more.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO10 min read
React SEO: how to make a React app indexable
React SEO comes down to one decision: whether your pages reach crawlers as finished HTML or as an empty div. The pitfalls of client-side React, the rendering options that fix them and how to set titles and canonicals per route.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO10 min read
SEO for single page applications: URLs, titles and status codes
SEO in a single page application depends on treating every view as a real page: its own URL, its own title and canonical, crawlable links and an honest status code. How to get each right, whatever framework you use.Updated 26 Sept 2026 - SEO13 min read
SEO monitoring: what to watch between audits, and how to get alerts
SEO monitoring is checking the signals that break quietly between audits, such as indexing, noindex and canonical tags, speed, certificates and page text, with alerts for the urgent ones and a 30-minute monthly pass for the rest.Updated 27 Sept 2026 - Platforms25 min read
Shopify SEO: the complete guide
Shopify writes the canonicals, the sitemap and robots.txt for every store; the rest of Shopify SEO is yours. What is built in, what you control and how to check each part.Updated 1 Nov 2026 - Platforms13 min read
Shopify: what you can fix, what you cannot, and what to ignore
A Shopify report has findings you control, findings Shopify controls and findings that do not matter on Shopify. This guide sorts them, shows where each fix lives in the admin, and tells you which apps to remove first.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms11 min read
Squarespace: the checklist for speed, SEO and structured data
Squarespace 7.1 does images, SSL, sitemaps and canonicals for you. This checklist covers the settings that are still yours, the JSON-LD you add through code injection, and the report findings to ignore on the platform.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO12 min read
Trailing slashes, www and https: pick one and redirect the rest
Every page can be reached at up to eight addresses. Pick one form, send the other seven to it with one 301, and keep canonical, sitemap and links on it. Configs for nginx, Apache, Caddy and WordPress.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms12 min read
Webflow: performance and SEO settings worth changing
Webflow hosting gets the basics right. This guide covers the settings still your job: the SEO tab, page settings, images, fonts, interactions and redirects, and what a report can and cannot fix.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - SEO13 min read
Why is my page not in Google? The indexability checklist
Work through the ten reasons a page stays out of Google in the order that finds the cause fastest, from a leftover noindex to a stray canonical, and confirm the fix in Search Console.Updated 25 Sept 2026 - Platforms12 min read
Wix: speed and SEO limits, and what to do inside them
Wix handles hosting, SSR, WebP and canonicals for you and caps what you can do about JavaScript weight. Learn which findings you can fix in the editor, which are the platform's, and when to stop chasing the mobile score.Updated 25 Sept 2026