TECHNICAL SEO HIGH priority
30 minutes beginner
Missing or Incorrect Canonical URLs
Goal: Optimization
What's the Problem?
Minor Issue
Your website is like a library with multiple copies of the same book scattered across different shelves - search engines can't figure out which is the 'official' version. This URL chaos confuses both crawlers and AI systems about your content hierarchy.
Why This Matters
Impact if not addressed: Without canonical URLs, your ranking power gets split across duplicate pages like splitting a vote - instead of one strong page ranking #3, you get five weak pages ranking nowhere. Meanwhile, AI systems serve inconsistent information because they can't identify your authoritative content.
Affected AI Systems:
GoogleBingChatGPTClaudePerplexity