Canonicals Tab – Screaming Frog me kya hota hai?
Canonicals Tab – Screaming Frog me kya hota hai?
📌 Purpose:
Ye tab har crawled page ke <link rel="canonical">
tag ko detect karta hai.
👉 Canonical tag batata hai:
“Google, agar ye page kisi aur page jaise lagta hai, toh rank sirf is canonical URL ko do.”
🧠 Ye tag duplicate content avoid karne, SEO signals consolidate karne, aur crawl budget bachane me help karta hai.
🔎 Canonicals Tab me kya-kya dikhai deta hai?
Column | Meaning | SEO Use |
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Address | Page URL | Jis page ka canonical check ho raha hai |
Canonical Link Element 1 | Canonical tag ka value | Ye page kis URL ko canonical mana raha hai |
Canonical Status | Valid, Missing, Self-referencing, Conflicting | SEO error detect karne ke liye |
Canonical Link Element 1 Status Code | Canonical URL ka response code (200, 404, etc.) | Broken canonical detect karne ke liye |
Canonical Link Element 1 Indexability | Canonical page indexable hai ya nahi | Agar canonical non-indexable hai = bad SEO |
Indexability | Current page indexable hai ya nahi | Check for conflict |
⚙️ Important Canonical Conditions:
Status | Matlab | Action |
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✅ Self Referencing | Page ne apne aap ko hi canonical bataya | OK (normal behaviour) |
✅ Missing | Canonical tag hi nahi laga | Optional, lekin best practice = lagao |
❌ Canonicalised | Page ne kisi aur page ko canonical bataya | Check karo duplicate hai ya galti |
❌ Non-indexable Canonical | Canonical page noindex ya 404 hai | Fix karo — canonical must be indexable |
❌ Canonical Chain/Loop | Page A → Page B → Page C → back to A | Loop = Google confused hoga → fix karo |
🧠 SEO Use Cases of Canonical Tag:
Use Case | Example |
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✅ Duplicate pages | /product?id=123 and /product/red-shirt → Canonical = red-shirt |
✅ Tracking URLs | /page?utm=xyz → Canonical = /page |
✅ HTTP vs HTTPS | Canonical = HTTPS version |
✅ www vs non-www | Canonical = preferred domain version |
🛠 Screaming Frog me Canonical Tab Use Kaise Karein:
Step-by-step:
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Crawl website
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Sidebar me jaake Canonicals Tab open karo
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Focus karo:
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Canonicalised
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Missing
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Canonical status code ≠ 200
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Non-indexable Canonicals
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Export karo → SEO ya dev team ko bhejo fix ke liye
⚠️ Common SEO Issues from Canonicals:
Issue | Example | Fix |
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❌ Canonical points to 404 | Page A → Canonical: Page B (404) | Fix: Canonical to valid URL |
❌ All pages point to homepage | Sab pages → Canonical: /home | Wrong: Make page-specific canonicals |
❌ Conflicting canonicals | Page A → Canonical: B, but B → Canonical: A | Fix one direction only |
❌ Canonical on paginated pages | /blog?page=2 → Canonical: /blog | Better: Use rel="prev"/"next" or self-canonical |
✅ Summary (Hinglish):
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Canonicals Tab Screaming Frog me aapko batata hai ki har page ka canonical tag kya keh raha hai.
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Aap easily detect kar sakte ho:
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Canonical hai ya missing
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Canonical kis page par point kar raha hai
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Kya wo page indexable hai ya 404 hai
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Ye tab SEO me duplicate content, crawl waste, aur ranking issues solve karne ke liye critical hai.
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