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How to debug a missing canonical on a new route

How to debug a missing canonical on a new route
  1. Decide if the URL should rank.
  2. Add generateMetadata with a self canonical.
  3. Never inherit a layout canonical to /.
  4. Confirm View Source, not only the client router.
  5. Add the hub to llms.txt only if it is durable and public.

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We followed it on a Friday deploy. HowTo steps showed up in View Source.

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Thanks — leaving this up for the next team that searches the same string.

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How to debug a missing canonical on a new route

Alex RiveraAlex Rivera·· 505 5
  1. Decide if the URL should rank.
  2. Add generateMetadata with a self canonical.
  3. Never inherit a layout canonical to /.
  4. Confirm View Source, not only the client router.
  5. Add the hub to llms.txt only if it is durable and public.
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Nia Okonkwo
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@nia_campus

Bookmarking. The 'do not delete permalinks' line needs to be in onboarding too.

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AdminRegular

@admin

Printed this for volunteer mods. Step 3 is the one people skip.

Tomás Herrera
Regular

@tomas_sre

Campus note: we added the course entity after step 2. Worked.

Hana Sato
Member

@hana_research

We followed it on a Friday deploy. HowTo steps showed up in View Source.

Nia Okonkwo
Member

@nia_campus

Thanks — leaving this up for the next team that searches the same string.

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