Alternates that are canonicalised

IssueMedium priority

Pages with an alternate that names another page as its canonical.

Why it matters

The alternate named is not the page search engines will show, so the pair contradict each other and the alternate may be ignored.

How to fix it

Name each alternate by its canonical URL.

Skitter runs this check on every crawl, and lists each page it finds with the evidence: the header, the tag or the link that gave it away.

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