Mirror and canonicalization audit

Verifies www/non-www and http/https are glued correctly: matches redirect chains against the version Yandex actually keeps in its index.

A site can technically exist as several versions at once: with and without www, over http and https. Left unglued, Yandex may treat them as separate sites, splitting link weight and rankings — and sometimes surfacing outright duplicates in search. The problem is easy to miss because the site looks fine to a visitor; the split only shows up in the technical layer underneath.

What it does

Given a domain, the skill checks all four technical variants — http/https, with/without www — and records where each one redirects and with what status code. It then compares that against which version Yandex actually keeps in its index, and checks the canonical tag on the final version to confirm it points to itself.

What you get

A report lands in chat: a table of each variant's redirect chain and status code, a line on which version is currently indexed, and a verdict — properly glued, still settling, or a genuine mirror duplicate. If something's off, the skill lays out the exact fix: which 301 redirects to set, which canonical to add, and how to declare the main mirror in Yandex Webmaster. Run it right after an http-to-https migration or a domain move, since that's when canonicalization most often breaks or stalls halfway.

FAQ

Why does mirror canonicalization matter?
Without it, Yandex can index several technical versions of the same domain as separate sites, splitting ranking signals and sometimes creating outright duplicates.
How do I know canonicalization is broken?
The clearest sign is when several domain variants return 200 without redirecting to each other, or redirects point to one version while the index holds another.
Does the skill fix anything itself?
No — it diagnoses the issue and hands you a step-by-step fix (redirects, canonical tag, main mirror setting in Webmaster); you apply the changes.

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