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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.

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