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  "slug": "how-do-i-handle-canonical-tags-for-google-ai-overviews-on-squarespace",
  "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/how-do-i-handle-canonical-tags-for-google-ai-overviews-on-squarespace",
  "question": "How do I handle canonical tags for Google AI Overviews on Squarespace?",
  "description": "Learn how to manage Squarespace canonical tags for Google AI Overviews. Ensure your authoritative content is correctly identified and cited by AI search engines.",
  "summary": "Squarespace automatically handles canonical tags to prevent duplicate content issues. You can verify if Google AI Overviews correctly cites your primary URLs by monitoring citation patterns and crawler behavior using Trakkr's technical diagnostic tools.",
  "answer": "Squarespace automatically generates canonical tags for all pages, which helps Google AI Overviews identify the authoritative version of your content. To manage these tags effectively, ensure your site structure remains clean and avoid creating unnecessary duplicate pages. If you suspect AI platforms are citing the wrong version, use Trakkr to monitor specific URLs and citation rates. By tracking how Google Gemini and other models interact with your site, you can confirm that your canonical signals are being respected and that your primary content receives proper attribution in AI-generated search results.",
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  "entities": [
    "Squarespace",
    "Google AI Overviews",
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    "Google Gemini",
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  ],
  "createdAt": "2026-02-18",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-04-29",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29",
  "articleSection": "Citation Intelligence",
  "tags": [
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    "Gemini",
    "Google AI Overviews",
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  "author": {
    "id": "trakkr-research",
    "name": "Trakkr Research",
    "role": "Research team",
    "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/authors/trakkr-research/"
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      "slug": "collections/citations",
      "title": "Citation Intelligence"
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      "slug": "platforms/gemini",
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      "slug": "technical-ai-visibility",
      "title": "Technical AI visibility setup for crawlers, schema, and discovery",
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      "label": "Google AI features and your website",
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