SEO Utility

Canonical URL Inspector

This tool helps you reason through canonical URL decisions by comparing the current page, intended canonical target, status assumptions, and content match signals.

What it does

• Evaluates whether the canonical target looks aligned with the page URL you entered.
• Highlights common issues around status code, robots directives, and mismatched content targets.
• Generates a simple report you can reuse during SEO QA or handoff.
• Stays manual on purpose, so you can inspect planned changes before deployment.

How to use it

• Open /CanonicalUrlInspector/.
• Enter the current page URL and the canonical URL you plan to expose.
• Choose the expected status code, robots setting, and whether the canonical target truly represents the same content.
• Review the findings and copy the report for implementation notes.

Important limitation

• This project does not fetch the live website automatically.
• It is designed as a planning and review utility, not a crawler.
• Use it before release or during technical QA when you already know the intended canonical setup.

Project structure

• index.php: main interface and report layout.
• css/style.css: visual styling for the inspector.
• js/app.js: rule evaluation, findings, and copy logic.
• Documentation/index.html: this guide.