Question 1

How does the pagination SEO checker work?

Accepted Answer

Paste your paginated URLs (one per line, in order) and optionally a CSV of page metadata (url, rel_prev, rel_next, canonical, status_code). The tool auto-detects page numbers using 5 patterns, validates the rel prev/next chain, checks canonicals point to self (not page 1), validates status codes, and detects sequence gaps + duplicate canonicals.

Question 2

What URL patterns does the tool recognize?

Accepted Answer

Five common pagination patterns: /page/N path segments, ?page=N query strings, ?p=N query strings, /p/N path segments, and ?pg=N query strings. Each URL is parsed to extract its page number for sequence validation.

Question 3

What issues does the tool flag?

Accepted Answer

Critical: missing rel_prev/rel_next, broken chain (rel_prev points to wrong page), canonical pointing to page 1 instead of self, non-200 status. Warning: sequence gaps (1,2,4 — missing 3), duplicate canonicals (multiple URLs canonicalized to same URL). Info: missing optional metadata.

Question 4

What extra features does this tool have compared to others?

Accepted Answer

(1) URL parsing with 5 auto page-number detection patterns. (2) Sequence gap detection. (3) rel prev/next chain validation. (4) Canonical validation (self vs page-1). (5) Status code validation. (6) Issue categorization (critical/warning/info). (7) Text report renderer. (8) CSV renderer (url, page_num, issues, severity). (9) Copy + Download .txt + Download CSV. (10) History (localStorage, last 20). (11) Shareable URL. (12) Filter by severity. (13) Summary stats (total URLs, total issues, by severity). (14) Recommendation generator (e.g. 'Add rel=next to page 1').

Question 5

Is my data sent anywhere?

Accepted Answer

No. All URL parsing and validation runs locally in your browser. History is stored in localStorage on this device only.

Pagination SEO Checker

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