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Canonical audit

A valid canonical URL can still point search engines in the wrong direction.

Review the page URL, selected canonical, indexability, redirects, internal links, sitemap inclusion, and the wider duplicate group together. Correct syntax does not mean the consolidation choice makes sense.

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Collect evidence
Review meaning
Approve action
Verify output
Permissions depend on the person's account role, ownership of the site, the connected provider, and the change being requested.

What to look for

Get the answer without losing sight of where it came from.

01

Check the element itself

Look for one canonical link in the document head and flag malformed attributes or URL fragments.

02

Compare the surrounding signals

Check redirects, sitemaps, internal links, hreflang, and indexability for contradictions.

03

Do not automate a strategy decision

Adding a missing self-reference may be straightforward; resolving conflicting canonicals needs wider review.

Put the guide to work

Understand the issue, check the page, and choose the next step.

The strongest audits leave room for context. Confirm what happened, rule out the common false positives, decide who owns the fix, and check the page again afterward.

Open the full check library
01

Check the element itself

Look for one canonical link in the document head and flag malformed attributes or URL fragments.

02

Compare the surrounding signals

Check redirects, sitemaps, internal links, hreflang, and indexability for contradictions.

03

Do not automate a strategy decision

Adding a missing self-reference may be straightforward; resolving conflicting canonicals needs wider review.

From finding to follow-up

See where the work stands—and what still needs to happen.

  1. 01Found

    Netrix records the page and the issue it found.

  2. 02Reviewed

    Someone checks the finding in context.

  3. 03Approved

    The right person chooses what should change.

  4. 04Applied

    A supported connection accepts the change.

  5. 05Checked

    Netrix reads the public page again.

  6. 06Shared

    The report summarizes the audit and fixes currently marked applied.

A few things worth knowing

Netrix can prepare the work. Your team still makes the call.

  1. 01
    Nothing publishes itself

    AI drafts and supported SEO changes wait for an authorized person to act.

  2. 02
    A write is not proof

    Netrix records when a provider accepts a change, then checks the public page separately. If it cannot read the page, the result stays unknown.

  3. 03
    Limits belong in the open

    When a feature depends on another provider or stops short of a complete workflow, the page should say so.

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Bring the crawl, the review, and the follow-up together.

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