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?

ColumnMeaningSEO Use
AddressPage URLJis page ka canonical check ho raha hai
Canonical Link Element 1Canonical tag ka valueYe page kis URL ko canonical mana raha hai
Canonical StatusValid, Missing, Self-referencing, ConflictingSEO error detect karne ke liye
Canonical Link Element 1 Status CodeCanonical URL ka response code (200, 404, etc.)Broken canonical detect karne ke liye
Canonical Link Element 1 IndexabilityCanonical page indexable hai ya nahiAgar canonical non-indexable hai = bad SEO
IndexabilityCurrent page indexable hai ya nahiCheck for conflict

⚙️ Important Canonical Conditions:

StatusMatlabAction
Self ReferencingPage ne apne aap ko hi canonical batayaOK (normal behaviour)
MissingCanonical tag hi nahi lagaOptional, lekin best practice = lagao
CanonicalisedPage ne kisi aur page ko canonical batayaCheck karo duplicate hai ya galti
Non-indexable CanonicalCanonical page noindex ya 404 haiFix karo — canonical must be indexable
Canonical Chain/LoopPage A → Page B → Page C → back to ALoop = Google confused hoga → fix karo

🧠 SEO Use Cases of Canonical Tag:

Use CaseExample
Duplicate pages/product?id=123 and /product/red-shirt → Canonical = red-shirt
Tracking URLs/page?utm=xyz → Canonical = /page
HTTP vs HTTPSCanonical = HTTPS version
www vs non-wwwCanonical = preferred domain version

🛠 Screaming Frog me Canonical Tab Use Kaise Karein:

Step-by-step:

  1. Crawl website

  2. Sidebar me jaake Canonicals Tab open karo

  3. Focus karo:

    • Canonicalised

    • Missing

    • Canonical status code ≠ 200

    • Non-indexable Canonicals

  4. Export karo → SEO ya dev team ko bhejo fix ke liye


⚠️ Common SEO Issues from Canonicals:

IssueExampleFix
❌ Canonical points to 404Page A → Canonical: Page B (404)Fix: Canonical to valid URL
❌ All pages point to homepageSab pages → Canonical: /homeWrong: Make page-specific canonicals
❌ Conflicting canonicalsPage A → Canonical: B, but B → Canonical: AFix one direction only
❌ Canonical on paginated pages/blog?page=2 → Canonical: /blogBetter: Use rel="prev"/"next" or self-canonical

✅ Summary (Hinglish):

  1. Canonicals Tab Screaming Frog me aapko batata hai ki har page ka canonical tag kya keh raha hai.

  2. Aap easily detect kar sakte ho:

    • Canonical hai ya missing

    • Canonical kis page par point kar raha hai

    • Kya wo page indexable hai ya 404 hai

  3. Ye tab SEO me duplicate content, crawl waste, aur ranking issues solve karne ke liye critical hai.

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