Inspect Canonical
Easily check the canonical tag of a page
What is Inspect Canonical?
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Summary
A lightweight and extremely easy Chrome extension that tells you the canonical source of any URL you are on. No more combing through the source code to understand if/when canonical tags point to a new destination. This extension does all the heavy lifting for you.
This extension will display one of three values. GREEN (self canonical) AMBER (Canonicalized) or RED (error)
Below are the conditions Inspect Canonical tests for, in the order it tests for them:
RED:
Page contains noindex robots meta Message: "Page contains robots 'noindex' tag. Canonical tags are ignored. Click to view source"
No canonical in head but there is one elsewhere Message: "Canonical tag exists but not in <head>. Click to view source"
No canonical tag at all
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Pros
- Easy to use
- Innovative tool
- Compact and Lightweight
- Useful for SEO
Cons
- Does not work when switching between tabs
- Opens the canonical link in a new tab
- Potential problem with matching URL in addressbar and canonical tag
Most mentioned
- Canonical checker
- Ease of use
- New tab behaviour
- Matching URL issue
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Safety
Risk impact
Inspect Canonical is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Inspect Canonical has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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