Crawlune

Error · Canonicals

Canonical outside <head>

Why it matters

Canonical link elements in the body are ignored.

How to fix it

Move the canonical into the <head>.

How Crawlune finds it

Crawlune flags Canonical outside <head> automatically on every crawl and lists the affected URLs under theCanonicals tab, where you can filter, inspect each page and export the list to CSV. The free version crawls up to 500 URLs with every check enabled.

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