CHECK GLOSSARY · CANON-001

Missing canonical tag

In plain words: URL copies (parameters, variants) split ranking power. A canonical tells Google which copy counts.

How to fix it

Add a tag pointing to the main version of the page.

Official sources

• Google: Canonicalization

Related checks

• META-DUP: Duplicate meta descriptions
• H1-001: Missing or multiple H1 headings
• IMG-001: Images missing alt text
• CONTENT-001: Thin content

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