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Canonical URLs with Jekyll
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<link rel="canonical" href="http://yourdomain.com{{ page.url | replace:'index.html','' }}" /> |
<link rel="canonical" href="{{ page.url | absolute_url }}" />
When on the 'homepage' the URL generated will be
/
, which is not valid.I use a variation of this.
{% if page.url =='/' %}{{site.url}}{% else %}{{page.url | absolute_url}}{% endif %}
This prevents an error with Google SEO report on Lighthouse
Document does not have a valid rel=canonicalRelative URL (/)
Canonical links suggest which URL to show in search results.
– https://web.dev/canonical/A caveat though. With
jekyll serve
{{site.url}}
is set to localhost:4000, when you do ajekyll build
{{site.url}}
is replaced by whatever domain name you set in the _config.yml
Please where do I place this code in my Jekyll website?
Please where do I place this code in my Jekyll website?
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When on the 'homepage' the URL generated will be
/
, which is not valid.I use a variation of this.
{% if page.url =='/' %}{{site.url}}{% else %}{{page.url | absolute_url}}{% endif %}
This prevents an error with Google SEO report on Lighthouse
A caveat though. With
jekyll serve
{{site.url}}
is set to localhost:4000, when you do ajekyll build
{{site.url}}
is replaced by whatever domain name you set in the _config.yml