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Title: What is a canonical URL tag and what is it used for?
Post by: Maple Life on January 08, 2021, 02:08:18 AM
What is a canonical URL tag and what is it used for?
Title: Re: What is a canonical URL tag and what is it used for?
Post by: PrimeItSolution on January 08, 2021, 05:06:54 AM
A canonical tag (aka "rel canonical") is a way of telling search engines that a specific URL represents the master copy of a page. Using the canonical tag prevents problems caused by identical or "duplicate" content appearing on multiple URLs.
Title: Re: What is a canonical URL tag and what is it used for?
Post by: sophiawils59 on January 13, 2021, 12:42:21 AM
A canonical URL is the URL of the page that Google thinks is most representative from a set of duplicate pages on your site.
Title: Re: What is a canonical URL tag and what is it used for?
Post by: onlinepaystubs on January 13, 2021, 01:25:59 AM
Using the canonical tag prevents problems caused by identical or "duplicate" content appearing on multiple URLs.
Title: Re: What is a canonical URL tag and what is it used for?
Post by: salesforcebofc on January 13, 2021, 03:47:02 AM
A canonical tag is a way of telling search engines that a specific URL represents the master copy of a page. Using the canonical tag prevents problems caused by identical or "duplicate" content appearing on multiple URLs.
Title: Re: What is a canonical URL tag and what is it used for?
Post by: SKP Global on January 14, 2021, 01:01:31 AM
A canonical tag (aka "rel canonical") is a way of telling search engines that a specific URL represents the master copy of a page. Using the canonical tag prevents problems caused by identical or "duplicate" content appearing on multiple URLs.