Is this causing me to drop in rank?

[Carson-Ward]

Hi there,

Make sure to check any plugins first. Some themes and plugins offer the option to add any code you like to the head - it sounds like there might be a static canonical tag in a field like this. That would be my first thought - let me know if I can be of assistance in fixing this up.

Thanks,

Carson

[NoahsDad]

Thanks Carson,

It looks like I may have figured it out. I checked out the header.php file and noticed this: . So I just deleted it, and it seems to be working fine.

[Dr-Pete]

Oh - yeah - that definitely doesn't look good. Probably a holdover from the template. You could just comment it out, but dumping it completely is fine, I suspect.

Unfortunately, I'm still seeing the canonical in the pages I'm checking (?)

[NoahsDad]

Really? Do you mind clearing your cache and trying again?  When I look I'm seeing just the one (correct) canonical.

[NoahsDad]

Really? Do you mind clearing your cache and trying again?  When I look I'm seeing just the one (correct) canonical.

[Carson-Ward]

I'm still seeing it as well. When you re-visit header.php now, is the line you deleted still gone?

[Dr-Pete]

Are there any admin settings in your theme itself? You may something built in that's re-adding the tag at a higher level in the code. Could be an admin flag needs to be reset.

[NoahsDad]

Nope...

[Dr-Pete]

Just tried a different browser. Weird thing is that I'm seeing it on some pages, but not on others. For example. it's here still:

http://noahsdad.com/medical/

[Carson-Ward]

I cleared my cache and I still see it on posts. I suppose it's worth asking if you have a caching/site speed plugin?

[NoahsDad]

If you guys are both seeing it, I'm really confused. When I look at my source code, I see this:

http://d.pr/GqOi

[NoahsDad]

Yes, I do. I'm been clearing the cache.

[NoahsDad]

What's strange is when I view the source on that page, I don't see it:

http://d.pr/FUmo

[Carson-Ward]

I see the same as you for that post, but I still see the canoncial on posts like this:

noahsdad.com/big-tex/

This is why I'm thinking you might have fixed it, and we're just seeing an old static version of the page. Re-caching the pages and/or updating posts might fix it up.

[NoahsDad]

@Carson,

This is so odd. When I look at the page, I see this. Am I seeing something different than what you are seeing?

http://d.pr/6RpW

[Carson-Ward]

We are definitely not seeing the same thing. Are you perchance using a content delivery network? It might just take some time to update if so.

I suggest we both keep an eye on it and make sure that it's fixed for both of us going forward

[NoahsDad]

Nope, no content delivery network. This is crazy.  No idea what's happening.

[NoahsDad]

Nope, no content delivery network. This is crazy.  No idea what's happening.

[Dr-Pete]

I'm seeing the bad canonical tag gone now. Are you seeing the same thing? Maybe just had a short-term caching issue.

[Carson-Ward]

Yeah, looks like I was of no use at all I'm glad it's working.