Opportunity Technical SEO
URL contains a double slash
- Severity
- Opportunity
- Impact
- Medium
- Effort to fix
- Low
- Issue code
url_double_slash
Why it matters
Double slashes in the path usually come from template bugs and can create duplicate URLs.
How to fix it
Fix the link or template that generates the double slash.
How it affects your score
Finding this issue on any page costs the Technical SEO score 0.5 points, plus up to 4 more depending on the share of crawled pages affected. A smaller improvement with a modest effect on its own.
Find the affected URLs
Open Crawl > Issues and pick URL contains a double slash. Each affected URL is listed with its evidence, and Copy URLs or Export URLs hands the list to a developer. The issue also appears in the Action Plan, ranked by impact (medium) and effort (low), and in the issues CSV under the code url_double_slash. After fixing, run a new audit and use Compare to confirm the URLs moved to fixed.