Canonical Issue

  • Resolved jdphoenix

    (@jdphoenix)


    2 years, 10 months ago

    Hi there,

    I recently noticed on google analytics, that URL’s are showing both “with” and “without” the ending slash line “/”. It leads me to believe that something all of the sudden is not working properly. Also Google search console is dropping URL’s off the index “stating duplicate content”. My first thought was it was something to do with YOAST. But honestly, I have no idea. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

    I reached out to Google forum and they said this..

    Well if a url is shown with or without slash in GA then it doesn’t mean bot the urls are indexed. The urls can also be differently accessed if not via search. Urls with or without slash can create canonical issues or duplicate content issues and hence the urls may be dropped from search.

    In your case the without slash version are having canonicals pointing to the slash version to avoid confusion for search engines, however both urls can be accessed if opened separately. I would suggest you to place a 301 redirect on on your trailing non slash urls which will redirect users to the slash version.

    For Yoast, they have their own community you an ask them for more guidance.`

    Thoughts? Thank you

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Thread Starter jdphoenix

    (@jdphoenix)

    The above link is the site I need help with. I believe it is a sitewide issue. Thanks

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    Plugin Support Michael Ti?a

    (@mikes41720)

    Hi @jdphoenix

    Regarding the trailing slash at the end of your permalinks, it doesn’t seem to be a Yoast SEO-related issue, but rather, more of a WordPress issue.

    It should just follow what you’ve set under your WP admin dashboard > Settings > Permalinks, so if you have the trailing slash in your permalink structure, WordPress should automatically redirect the non-trailing slash version to the version with the trailing slash.

    Thread Starter jdphoenix

    (@jdphoenix)

    Thanks for the reply. Okay, so a while back Yoast had a message that stated the permalinks had changed. I selected update and it may have switched from the “Custom Structure” to the “Post Name”. Which would be the same correct? That is why I didn’t feel it was a concern. Could that be the issue? Or what other issue do you feel it could be? Thanks so much.

    Thread Starter jdphoenix

    (@jdphoenix)

    Hi there,

    This is the POST NAME in the Permalink settings…

    https://www.allvalleytransportation.com/sample-post/

    Appreciate any direction on this. Thank you

    Plugin Support Md Mazedul Islam Khan

    (@mazedulislamkhan)

    Thanks for sharing the relevant information here with us. We don’t believe that you are having the duplicate content issue because of the trailing slash or without trailing slash issue as long as you are running Yoast SEO. By default, Yoast SEO automatically adds the self-canonical pointing to a standard URL throughout the whole site; so it doesn’t matter whether the URLs of your website include a trailing slash or not and won’t cause the duplicate content issue due to the self-canonical reference.

    Thread Starter jdphoenix

    (@jdphoenix)

    Okay, thanks so much for the information.

    Plugin Support Michael Ti?a

    (@mikes41720)

    Hi,

    We’ll be closing this forum thread to keep the overview. If you have any other concerns with the Yoast SEO plugin, please do feel free to open a new topic.

    Thanks!

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