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Multiple Canonical Links In

Pages which have more than five other pages referencing them as their canonical URL

Priority: Low

Impact: Negative

What issues it may cause​

Canonical tags should be used to indicate that a page is the same as another. This can be normal if there is a high amount of duplication on a website, but it can also be a sign of misconfiguration and accidental canonicalisation.

Search engines may not accept the canonical suggestion where the content is not equivalent, or may not consolidate the PageRank from backlinks on external websites resulting in overall poorer search engine rankings and reduced traffic and conversions.

How do you fix it​

The pages canonicalising to these URLs should be reviewed to validate they are equivalent in content.

If the content is not equivalent, the canonical links should be updated to a more relevant page.

What is the positive impact​

The overall rankings may be improved by ensuring that all PageRank from backlinks on external sites is maintained.

How to fetch the data for this report template​

You will need to run a crawl for report template to generate report. When report has been generated and you have crawl id you can fetch data for the report using the following query:

query GetReportForCrawl($crawlId: ObjectID!, $reportTemplateCode: String!) {
  getCrawl(id: $crawlId) {
    reportsByCode(
      input: {
        reportTypeCodes: Basic
        reportTemplateCodes: [$reportTemplateCode]
      }
    ) {
      rows {
        nodes {
          ... on CrawlUrls {
            pageTitle
            url
            description
            foundAtUrl
            deeprank
            level
            canonicalLinksInCount
            linksInCount
            canonicalizedPage
            isSelfCanonical
            foundInGoogleAnalytics
            foundInGoogleSearchConsole
            foundInBacklinks
            foundInList
            foundInLogSummary
            foundInWebCrawl
            foundInSitemap
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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