Homepage has canonical tag pointing to innerpage
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Hi,
I'm stuck! This e-commerce site which I'm currently working on has an unusual problem.
So the homepage has a canonical tag pointing to one of its category pages.
Is this okay SEO-wise? Based on what I understand, the homepage is the most important page in a site. And if there is a mirror duplication, it would be better to canonicalise the inner page to the homepage rather than in reverse.
Looking forward to getting some answers.
Cheers!
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Hi Don,
Thank you for your response. The homepage and inner page are an exact duplicate (mirror).
Cheers!
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Hi Nirdieb,
I would remove the canonical tag to the inner page. This was obviously a mistake. The home page is the most important page. Is that inner page a duplicate of the home page? I would think not.
Thanks,
Don Silvernail
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