I have 2 canonical links. Must get rid of one?
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On my wordpress blog, i have 2 canonical links for every single post, like this:
One is generated by wordpress theme:
rel='canonical' href='http://site.com/article-title/' />
The other one is generated by AllinOne seo pack:
<link rel="<a class="attribute-value">canonical</a>" content="<a class="attribute-value">http://site.com/article-title/</a>" />
I tried to remove one of them, but if i uncheck from AllinOne, the source code is the same.
Also, on-page analysis from SeoMoz tells me that i need only one canonical link.
I don't have errors in Google Webmater Tools.
What should I do?
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Remove the template one. Edit your wordpress template and remove the line code you want.
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