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# [Duplicate URLs, Redirects & Canonical Chaos: The SEO Fix You Need](https://saonbd.hashnode.dev/duplicate-urls-redirects-canonical-seo-fix?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Fix redirect chains, upgrading temporary normalization routes to permanent status codes, and aligning repository canonical tags with live server destinations can fix this problem.

Sep 13 · 3 min read · saonbd.hashnode.dev  
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[Proyect](https://hashnode.com/@proyect)

[Oct 20](https://hashnode.com/posts/duplicate-urls-redirects-canonical-seo-fix/6aa68bb0db7cc6ac1610bb7a/comment/6ad7e6ad9a5ea76ea2a5fc72)

Solid breakdown. The part most people skip is deciding which URL is the source of truth before adding canonicals. I would check Search Console first, then make every variant point to that one URL. I'm affiliated with Scanly, a site-audit tool that runs this check, but even a manual pass catches most of it.