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    Why do I keep getting "more than one canonical URL tag" on-page factor when, in fact, there is always only one?

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    • SmartWebPros
      SmartWebPros last edited by

      The following are pages that SEOMOZ says have "more than one canonical URL tag" but they all have only one. Can someone help me understand this?http://www.lasercenterny.com/Laser-Hair-Removal-Binghamton/tabid/1950/Default.aspxhttp://www.lasercenterny.com/Hair-Removal-Binghamton-NY/tabid/1949/Default.aspxhttp://www.lasercenterny.com/Hair-Removal-Binghamton/tabid/1948/Default.aspx

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      • Nick_Sayers
        Nick_Sayers last edited by

        We will pick up that On Page error if the canonical URL tag is employed on two pages at a single time on an individual URL. So if www.awesome.com/index is canonicalized because it is the same content as www.awesome.com and I also put a relcanonical on that page then this error will show up. To ensure the search engines properly parse the canonical source, employ only a single version of this tag.

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        • SmartWebPros
          SmartWebPros @Nick_Sayers last edited by

          Thanks Nick, but I still don't understand how that applies to the pages that I listed. For each of these pages, the canonical tag is not on any of the other URL's.

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