Why do canonical tags sometimes get ignored by Google and what causes this behavior?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Why do canonical tags sometimes get ignored by Google and what causes this behavior?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
Google Search Central canonical URLs duplicate URLs Google chooses canonical signals reasons canonical tags ignoredGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (1)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model).
Searches and sources
ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
Google Search Central canonical URLs duplicate URLs Google chooses canonical signals reasons canonical tags ignored Google ↗
- Fix Canonicalization Issues | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- What is URL Canonicalization | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- Canonical · support.google.com
- Page indexing report · support.google.com
- How to Specify a Canonical with rel="canonical" and Other Methods | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com