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Checks for redirect chains on canonical URLs
Rule IDcrawl/canonical-chain
CategoryCrawlability
ScopePer-page
Severitywarning
Weight5/10

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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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Enable / Disable

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Disable this rule

squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["crawl/canonical-chain"]

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Disable all Crawlability rules

squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["crawl/*"]

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Enable only this rule

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