Canonical Tag Test
What is it?
Check if your webpage is using the canonical link tag. The canonical link tag is used to nominate a primary page when you have several pages with duplicate or very similar content.
Pass rate:
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Top 100 websites: 93%This value indicates the percent of top 100 most visited websites in the US that pass this test (in the past 12 months).
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All websites: 92%This value indicates the percent of all websites analyzed in SEO Site Checkup (500,000+) in the past 12 months.
| 2021 | 95% |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 96% |
| 2023 | 93% |
| 2024 | 93% |
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How do I fix it?
The Canonical Link Tag can be used when there are several pages with similar content and you want to tell the search engines which page you prefer to use in the search results. If your webpage does not have duplicate content and it has the preferred URL you must remove the canonical link tag.
