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Canonical tags

Medium impactHead & meta

A small tag that tells search engines which web address is the one official version when the same page is reachable at several addresses.

Why AI engines read this

It's classic hygiene so duplicate addresses don't compete in search; AI merges near-duplicates on its own, so treat this as cleanup, not a direct citation lever.

How to tell it applies to you

A page has no self-referential canonical link, points cross-domain, or (for e-com) the same product is reachable at several variant/param URLs.

Apply it on your platform

The exact place to make this change depends on your platform. Open the guide for the step-by-step on WordPress, Shopify, Wix, and more.

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Step-by-step for your CMS, with how to confirm it worked.

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How you'll know it's done

Mark the fix applied in your dashboard once you've made the change — Findrix re-checks the live page right away, and the weekly scan confirms it. Once the fix is live the matching check flips to pass; a change you made without marking it is caught by the same scan.