SEO finding
The CMS or shop system publishes indexable copies of pages under extra addresses
SEO Warning Severity: Medium
Part of the audit Duplicate and competing content. Finding id: seo.platformDuplicateUrls.
What it costs you
Search engines find the same content under several addresses and may show the wrong one, or split the signals between them.
What to do
Point these addresses at the main version with a canonical tag ([expected canonical]), or keep them out of the index.
What it checks
- Different URLs showing the same page
How to fix it
Point the copies at the main page
- Check the platform's or the theme's SEO settings for an option that sets canonical tags or noindex on this kind of page.
- If there is none, set the canonical tag in the template that renders these pages.
How to check: Recrawl: these addresses carry a canonical to the main page.