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REL=canonical

Check Overview​

What is this check?​

The REL=canonical check ensures that the REL=canonical code on your page both exists AND points to the correct URL.

Rel Canonical Check Basic Interface

Why is this important?​

If a REL=canonical tag points to the wrong URL, this will cause issues with search engines and may cause your entire site to be deindexed.

This is a really common mistake often the REL=canonical is switched to a staging or development.

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Advanced Usage​

Default Rules​

The REL=canonical checks default state is to expect the URL that is being scanned to match the REL=canonical.

Expect Different URL​

You can change this URL to a different one if you require the REL= anonical to point to another URL. Little Warden will then alert if that changes.

But I want more!​

Sure thing! Send us a message on littlewarden.com with what you want to be able to configure and we will see what we can do!