Canonical Chain

Checks for redirect chains on canonical URLs

Rule ID	crawl/canonical-chain
Category	Crawlability
Scope	Per-page
Severity	warning
Weight	5/10

Solution

Canonical URLs should point directly to the final destination, not through redirects. Redirect chains waste crawl budget and dilute link equity. If your canonical URL redirects, update it to point to the final URL. Check that canonical URLs use the preferred protocol (https) and www/non-www version. Self-referencing canonicals should match the page URL exactly.

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Disable this rule

[rules]
disable = ["crawl/canonical-chain"]

Disable all Crawlability rules

[rules]
disable = ["crawl/*"]

Enable only this rule

[rules]
enable = ["crawl/canonical-chain"]
disable = ["*"]