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Rule page.canonical.missing

Add a <link rel="canonical">

page.canonical.missing is a check in Crawlmind's site audit that grades medium-impact issues of this kind. This page explains why the rule matters and the exact fix.

Impact: mediumEffort: lowFixable: 1-click

Why it matters

Without a canonical, search engines pick the URL to index themselves: usually the one with tracking parameters or the trailing-slash variant you didn't intend. AI assistants citing the page will then point at the wrong URL. A self-referencing canonical fixes both.

The fix

```html
<link rel="canonical" href="https://example.com/page" />
```

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