{"id":7679,"date":"2020-07-18T10:09:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T07:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockmedia.gr\/?p=7679"},"modified":"2022-12-02T08:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T06:05:41","slug":"the-tag-link-relcanonical-appears-more-than-once-in-the-document","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockmedia.gr\/en\/the-tag-link-relcanonical-appears-more-than-once-in-the-document\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe tag \u2018link rel=canonical\u2019 appears more than once in the document\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a client’s website, I received the following error from the Google Search Console, while inspecting AMP URLS:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tag \u2018link rel=canonical\u2019 appears more than once in the document\u201d.<\/p>\n

The website is a publisher website and uses two plugins to accommodate ADS, both in Desktop and AMP (Mobile) version. Those 2 plugins are designed by the same company and work together perfectly.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Better ADs<\/li>\n
  2. Better AMP<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The website also uses YOAST SEO for indexing the pages.\u00a0 The problem is that both Better AMP and YOAST SEO were adding canonical URL to the AMP code.<\/p>\n

    I found an article<\/a> that demonstrates exactly what happens if you inspect the page. The double canonical URL\u00a0 is displayed in the following image.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    However, the solution displayed in the article did not work for me, so I was forced to deactivate Better AMP.\u00a0 I downloaded the plugin “AMP for WP”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    After initial setup and customization, I assigned Google Search Console to re-inspect my AMP URLs. The problem was solved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In a client’s website, I received the following error from the Google Search Console, while inspecting AMP URLS: \u201cThe tag \u2018link rel=canonical\u2019 appears more than once in the document\u201d. The website is a publisher website and uses two plugins to accommodate ADS, both in Desktop and AMP (Mobile) version. Those 2 plugins are designed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seo"],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cThe tag \u2018link rel=canonical\u2019 appears more than once in the document\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I was using Better AMP and YOAST SEO for a client's website. 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