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Sitemap Contains Non-Canonical URLs on Shopify

The XML sitemap includes URLs that are not the canonical version of their page. This sends conflicting signals to search engines about preferred URLs and wastes crawl budget.

Issue ID: CRAWL-SITEMAP-NONCANONICAL-001Severity: moderateEffort: S

Why this matters

The XML sitemap includes URLs that are not the canonical version of their page. This sends conflicting signals to search engines about preferred URLs and wastes crawl budget. This affects how clearly search engines understand the page and how persuasive it looks in search results.

Shopify fix path

How to fix this on Shopify

Canonicals are mostly theme-controlled.

  1. 1Check for duplicate templates or app-generated parameters.
  2. 2Review theme code for the canonical tag output.
  3. 3Update theme logic if the canonical is missing or wrong.

After you fix it

  • Compare sitemap URLs against their canonical tags and confirm they match

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