Social: Non-Canonical OG URL

Pages with a URL specified in the og:url tag that does not match the canonical URL on the page.

The canonical should be used to avoid sharing non-canonical versions of a page across social networks. Likes and shares for this URL will aggregate at this canonical URL.

How to Analyse in the SEO Spider

View URLs with this issue in the ‘Social’ tab and ‘Non-Canonical OG Tag URL’ filter, and export all URLs using the ‘Export’ button.

What Triggers This Issue

This issue is triggered when the og:url URL does not match the canonical URL.

Example:

<meta property="og:title" content="Your headline">
<meta property="og:description" content="Your exciting description.">
<meta property="og:url" content="https://example.com/">
<meta property="og:image" content="https://example.com/image.jpg">


With the canonical set as:

<link rel="canonical" href="https://example.com/page-name/">

How To Fix

Ensure the URL specified in the og:url tag matches the canonical URL version of the page to avoid sharing of non-canonical URLs to users across social media platforms.