rel=canonical redirects to an error page Search Engine Guideline

Description

The rel=canonical tag redirects to an error page.

Help

The canonical tag redirects to a 404 Not Found page or other error page. Pages with incorrect canonical tags eventually disappear from search results which can have a very negative impact on search traffic.

Applicable standards

• Best Practice

Change history

• 4.7 Jun 2012 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: SeoBrokenCanonical