Canonical Tag Checker

Canonical Tag Checker

Check rel="canonical" tag of a URL. Prevent duplicate content issues and ensure correct canonical URL.

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About Canonical Tag Checker

Our Canonical Tag Checker fetches the HTML of a webpage and specifically extracts the `` tag. This tag is essential for SEO to specify the preferred (or "canonical") version of a page, helping to prevent duplicate content issues when similar content is accessible via multiple URLs. Use this tool to check rel canonical and validate your canonical URL.

Use Cases:
- Identifying and resolving duplicate content problems.
- Ensuring canonical tags point to the correct, preferred versions of your pages.
- Verifying the implementation of self-referencing canonicals with this duplicate content checker.

Benefits:
- Consolidates link equity to the preferred URL, boosting its ranking potential.
- Improves crawl efficiency by guiding search engines to the main version of your content.
- Helps search engines understand which version of a page to index and rank, avoiding confusion by ensuring the correct canonical URL.

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