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How do I remove a Canonical URL Tag?
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Some of my report cards say I have too many canonical URL tags. However, there is no information no how to delete one. Can someone give me a link or explain? Thanks.
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Hey There! Let us know if you are all set. I am not a Thesis expert, so if you still need help I'll bring in another associate to help out.
Thanks!
-Dan
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Ok, well you can set canonical tags in Yoast. Without seeing you site set up or the offending pages i am hesitant to give more detailed advice. Best of luck.
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Yes I use Yoast.
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Ok, well in wordress you can access the HTML by going to Appearance>editor and you will see the options on the right hand side. However do you use any SEO plugins such as Yoast?
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Webdeveloper? Hee hee. Yeah that is me.
I use Wordpress and Thesis. I am not sure how to access my page HTML. I will try and figure it out, thanks.
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The canonical tag is a Meta tag in the head section of your page HTML, If you have access to this you just need to go in and remove that line of code. If you do not you will need to tell your webdeveloper which pages these appear on so that they can go in and remove them.
The following link is to Googles guidelines on the use of the canonical tag.
If you would like more specific guidance if you pop down an example URL myself or someone else will be able to take a look for you.
Hope this helps.
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