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  1. Glossary term Intermediate

    Canonical tag

    …the same page can be reached at several addresses. The canonical tag points to the one you want to show up in search. rel="canonical" is a strong hint, not a directive. Use…

  2. Template Advanced

    Technical SEO Template

    …indexing checks URL by URL: status codes, indexability, canonicals, sitemap coverage and fixes. Technical issues are easiest to fix when each one is tied to a URL and a clear…

  3. Glossary term Intermediate

    Duplicate content

    …but it splits signals and wastes crawling. Fix with canonicals, redirects, consistent internal links and unique copy for templated pages. Product pages reachable with and…

  4. Video Beginner

    How Search Engines Crawl, Index and Rank Pages

    …Pages can be left out because of a noindex tag, because a canonical tag points to another URL, or because the content duplicates another page. Search Console’s page indexing…

  5. Glossary term Beginner

    Indexing

    …Pages can be crawled but not indexed because of noindex, canonicalization, duplication or low quality. Use Search Console’s page indexing report to see why URLs are excluded. A…

  6. Glossary term Intermediate

    Keyword cannibalization

    …differentiating intent, adjusting internal links or canonicalizing to the preferred page. Two blog posts both targeting "dog harness sizes". A service page and a blog post…

  7. SOP Advanced

    SOP: Technical SEO Crawl Check

    …indexability Look for noindex tags, robots.txt blocks and canonicals pointing elsewhere. Compare with the sitemap Indexable pages should be listed; redirects and errors should…

  8. Glossary term Intermediate

    XML sitemap

    …them discover pages they might otherwise miss. List only canonical, indexable URLs that return 200. Submit it in Search Console and reference it in robots.txt. A sitemap aids…