What is Canonical Tag?

A canonical tag  is a way of telling search engines that a specific URL represents the master copy of a page.

its just way to specify which is the master copy of the page

A canonical link element is an HTML element that helps webmasters prevent duplicate content issues in search engine optimization by specifying the "canonical" or "preferred" version of a web page. It is described in RFC 6596, which went live in April 2012.

A canonical tag is a way of telling search engines that a specific URL represents the master copy of a page also know as duplicate URL

Duplicate content issues arise when you have similar pages. You can solve this by selecting a preferred URL, also known as the canonical .

Canonical is a preferred URL for most of the search engines as they lift up your links & ranking signals for the content available through multiple URL's. Rel canonical url's also resolve duplicate content issues. Rel=canonical usually used, to sum up, it within the top portion of your HTML

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What is Canonical Tag?

A canonical tag is the URL of the page that Google imagines is most representational from a set of duplicate pages on your website

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.

A canonical tag specifies the source URL (or original content page) of a given page to a search engine such as Google.

A canonical tag (aka "rel canonical") is a way to tell search engines that a particular URL is the master copy of the page. Using the canonical tag to prevent problems caused by identical or "duplicate" content to appear on multiple URLs.

A canonical tag tells search engines what page it should display in search results.We are  a global IT solutions company  provide full-cycle services in the areas of software development, web-based enterprise solutions, web application and portal development.

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.