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    • mmaes
      mmaes last edited by

      In my crawl diagnostics it showing a Rel=Canonical error on almost every page. I'm using wordpress. Is there a default wordpress problem that would cause this?

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      • BlinkWeb
        BlinkWeb last edited by

        There isn't really a canonical error in the crawl report. There is a "notice" which is really just the number of pages in your crawl that had the canonical tag on them. It doesn't mean there is a problem. Are you referring to the blue notices section in your crawl report on the campaign view?

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        • mmaes
          mmaes last edited by

          Yes I am referring to the blue notices. I believe word press puts the Rel Canonical tag as the pages own URL by default.

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          • BlinkWeb
            BlinkWeb @mmaes last edited by

            Since WP is all dynamic content the canonical tag is a good thing. It tells the search engines which version is the prefered version Without looking at your report or site, I'd say your ok. Work on fixing the red and yellow if possible and necessary. 😉

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