From e1c5a1a7e95e58759646ce7beef430991b09510e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FROWNINGdev <218313741+FROWNINGdev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:20:40 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] seo: point /README.html's canonical at the homepage

The README renders twice on Pages, as / and as /README.html, each
declaring itself canonical. Google saw two identical pages competing for
the same queries; both now name the homepage as canonical.
---
 _config.yml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 36b8d5e..b548b00 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ defaults:
       path: ""
     values:
       image: https://frowningdev.github.io/django-orm-lens/media/hero.png
+  # README.md is served twice: as the homepage and again as /README.html. Both
+  # point their canonical at the homepage so search engines treat them as one
+  # page instead of two competing duplicates.
+  - scope:
+      path: "README.md"
+    values:
+      canonical_url: https://frowningdev.github.io/django-orm-lens/
 
 # jekyll-sitemap publishes /sitemap.xml, the file search consoles take to
 # discover and recrawl the site. jekyll-seo-tag is named explicitly rather than