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Title: What is a Canonical URL?
Post by: Maple Life on December 21, 2020, 12:38:46 AM
What is a Canonical URL?
Title: Re: What is a Canonical URL?
Post by: PrimeItSolution on December 21, 2020, 12:56:06 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. For example, if you have URLs for the same page (for example: example.com? dress=1234 and example.com/dresses/1234 ), Google chooses one as canonical.
Title: Re: What is a Canonical URL?
Post by: SunshinePhysiotherapy on December 21, 2020, 01:00:54 AM
Hi Friends,

Canonical URLs helps prevent duplication on the web. For example, if you have two web pages with similar content and you want Google to index the page with the best content. You then apply a "rel=canonical" tag to that page meaning Google now will give priority to the Canonical tag page and ignore the rest. This will eventually help eliminate the duplication on the web.

Title: Re: What is a Canonical URL?
Post by: globalonline on October 23, 2021, 05:20:32 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?
Post by: Citywebpuneind on December 16, 2021, 03:46:27 AM
A canonical URL is the URL of the first-rate consultant page from a set of duplicate pages, according to Google. as an instance, when you have  URLs for the same page (as an example: example.com? dress=1234 and example.com/dresses/1234 ), Google chooses one as canonical.

Canonical tags have an effect on search engine optimization from  factors of view. For as soon as, they immediately impact how search results show. They also can have an effect on the general rankings of a internet site due to a couple of factors, consisting of structure, person revel in and PageRank drift.
Title: Re: What is a Canonical URL?
Post by: saichavhan on January 01, 2022, 06:14:53 AM
A canonical URL refers to an HTML link element, with the attribute of rel="canonical" (also known as a canonical tag), found in the <head> element of your client's webpage. It specifies to search engines their preferred URL.
Title: Re: What is a Canonical URL?
Post by: avanti on January 31, 2022, 06:33:40 AM
A canonical URL is the URL of the best representative page from a group of duplicate pages. A canonical URL can be seen in the source of a webpage, by searching for rel="canonical". It is an element only the search engines see, your users won't be affected by it.
Title: Re: What is a Canonical URL?
Post by: Electrum IT Solutions on June 28, 2022, 05:48:17 AM
A canonical URL is added in the HEAD section of a page and tells search engines which is the preferred URL for the particular page. A canonical URL can point to itself (self-referencing) or to a different URL. Canonical Tags are most commonly used to: Help webmasters solve duplicate content issues.