rel=canonical redirects to the wrong page Search Engine Guideline

Description

The rel=canonical tag probably redirects to the wrong page.

Help

The canonical tag redirects to a page with a different title and different number of links. Pages with incorrect canonical tags eventually disappear from search results which can have a very negative impact on search traffic.

Applicable standards

Change history

  • 5.28 Dec 2017 Fixed false positive.
  • 4.7 Jun 2012 Added.

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

Rule ID: SeoWrongCanonical