Canonicals

Configuration > Spider > Crawl > Canonicals

By default the SEO Spider will store and crawl canonicals (in canonical link elements or HTTP header) and use the links contained within for discovery.

Unticking the ‘store’ configuration will mean canonicals will not be stored and will not appear within the SEO Spider.

Unticking the ‘crawl’ configuration will mean URLs discovered in canonicals will not be crawled. If ‘store’ is selected only, then they will continue to be reported in the interface, but they just won’t be used for discovery.

Please read our guide on How To Audit Canonicals.