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        Is there just the one instance of the canonical tag? Sometimes duplicate canonical can set off the error and is can be an issue.

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            Have you tried any other crawlers?

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                What is the exact error Moz is giving you? Are they saying it's missing, or are they saying it's duplicate? Or something else?

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                    Hmmm ok. I'm going to suggest we pass this to the help dept at Moz instead.

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                        Thanks for writing in - I think I can help here!

                        Any items listed as "notices" in the Site Crawl section aren't necessarily errors or issues that need to be addressed; they are just pieces of information that might be helpful or interesting for you to know.

                        In this case, it looks like the tools are just letting you know that there's a rel="canonical" tag in place on the page. There's nothing wrong with that, and in many cases it's a good thing, as it tells search engines which page to prioritize and index if there appears to be duplicate content or more than one version of a page. This isn't an issue you need to take an action to resolve, it's just some information that might be useful to you.

                        I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions or if there's anything that needs clarifying!

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