Canonical checker:Which URL does Google see as your real page?
See the canonical URL your page declares, whether it answers 200, and whether redirects, www, the trailing slash and og:url all agree with it.
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- Any public URL
example-shop.hr
WordPress 6.8Sample shop · homepage · mobile Chrome · the same check you get for your own site
8 passed · 0 failed · 1 warning. Biggest issue: Canonical tag is missing.
Canonical chain
| URL you entered | http://example-shop.hr/ |
|---|---|
| Redirects | none |
| Final URL | http://example-shop.hr/ 200 |
| Canonical tags (0) | none |
| Canonical target | — |
| http ↔ https variant | example-shop.hr/ no connection |
| www ↔ non-www variant | example-shop.hr/ 200redirects here |
What we found
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Fix these first
From the example above. Check your own site to get the fixes that apply to it.
Warning: Canonical tag is missing
Without a canonical URL, search engines may index duplicate versions of this page (with and without trailing slash, with UTM parameters) and split its ranking signals.
How to fix it: Add <link rel="canonical" href="http://example-shop.hr/"> in <head>.
What this tool checks
The canonical tag and every signal that should agree with it, from redirects to the sitemap.
Canonical tag
Tells search engines which address is the real one, so duplicates don't split rankings.
Canonical target
Checks the canonical points to a live URL on your own site, so ranking signals are not given away.
og:url and canonical URL match
Checks og:url matches the canonical URL, so share counts are not split between two addresses.
Redirect chains
Checks how many redirects happen before the page loads, since each hop adds delay and loses ranking value.
www and non-www versions
Checks only one host serves the page, so search engines do not see two copies of every URL.
Trailing slash consistency
Checks internal links use one URL style, since /shop/ and /shop count as two different pages.
Search indexability
Checks the page returns 200, has no noindex and is allowed in robots.txt, so it can appear in search.
Noindex directive
Checks whether the page tells Google to leave it out of search results, which loses all search visits.
Page listed in sitemap
Checks this page is in the sitemap, so Google spots updates to it sooner.
URL length
Checks the address stays under 100 characters, so it is not cut off in results and is easy to share.
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www and non-www versions
Checks only one host serves the page, so search engines do not see two copies of every URL.
Trailing slash consistency
Checks internal links use one URL style, since /shop/ and /shop count as two different pages.
Search indexability
Checks the page returns 200, has no noindex and is allowed in robots.txt, so it can appear in search.
Noindex directive
Checks whether the page tells Google to leave it out of search results, which loses all search visits.
Page listed in sitemap
Checks this page is in the sitemap, so Google spots updates to it sooner.
URL length
Checks the address stays under 100 characters, so it is not cut off in results and is easy to share.
How it works
Read the canonical
We fetch the page like a browser and read every canonical link tag in it, so a second tag from a theme or plugin shows up.
Test the canonical URL
The canonical URL is requested to confirm it answers 200 without redirecting, and og:url is compared with it.
Try the variants
The http:// and www. variants are requested to see whether they redirect to the canonical. The table shows the chain from your URL to the one Google should index.
We check one page and its http and www variants per run; other duplicates, such as addresses with tracking parameters, are not requested.
Questions
Is this really free?
Yes. getReport is funded by donations, not plans. This tool runs the full report and shows you the part it is about; the complete report with all seven modules is one click away, also free.
Should the canonical point to the page itself?
Yes, on the original version of the content, a self-referencing canonical with the clean URL (https, your preferred host, no parameters). Only duplicates and syndicated copies should point elsewhere.
My canonical redirects. Is that a problem?
Yes. Google follows the redirect but treats the tag as a weak hint. Point the canonical at the final URL and keep exactly one tag per page.
Do you store my results?
The report is kept for 12 months at its shareable link so you can come back to it. Reports are not listed publicly and carry a noindex tag; nothing about your visitors is collected.
Why does the canonical matter?
Most pages are reachable at several addresses (with and without www, with a trailing slash, with tracking parameters, over http and https), and Google picks one. The canonical tag makes that choice yours, so ranking signals land on one URL instead of being split. Common mistakes are a canonical pointing at another page or site, a canonical that redirects, two canonical tags from a theme and a plugin, and a canonical that disagrees with the redirects. Each quietly gives your rankings away.
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Why it matters. Facebook counts likes and shares per og:url. When it differs from the canonical URL, the counts split between two addresses and the card may link to the wrong version of the page.
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