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    Canonical tags help search engines determine the main version of duplicate or similar web pages. They are HTML meta tags placed in the page head that specify the canonical URL. Examples include mobile and printable versions of pages. The tag structure links the current page to the canonical URL. Using canonical tags is important for SEO to avoid issues from duplicate content like search engines choosing which version to index or how to distribute link equity across versions.

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    Canonical tags help search engines determine the main version of duplicate or similar web pages. They are HTML meta tags placed in the page head that specify the canonical URL. Examples include mobile and printable versions of pages. The tag structure links the current page to the canonical URL. Using canonical tags is important for SEO to avoid issues from duplicate content like search engines choosing which version to index or how to distribute link equity across versions.

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    Canonical tags help search engines determine the main version of duplicate or similar web pages. They are HTML meta tags placed in the page head that specify the canonical URL. Examples include mobile and printable versions of pages. The tag structure links the current page to the canonical URL. Using canonical tags is important for SEO to avoid issues from duplicate content like search engines choosing which version to index or how to distribute link equity across versions.

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    CANONICAL TAGS

    What is Canonical Tag?


    A canonical tag (rel=“canonical”) is a snippet of HTML code that defines the
    main version for duplicate, near-duplicate and similar pages. In other words, if
    you have the same or similar content available under different URLs, you can
    use canonical tags to specify which version is the main one and thus, should
    be indexed. Also, it is a page level meta tag that is place in the HTML header of
    the webpage.
    Examples

    1. Having Mobile versions of a page.

    (example.com/page and amp.example/page)

    2. Having separate printable versions of a page.

    (example.com/page and example.com/print/page)


    Structure of Canonical Tag

    Canonical tags are placed within the <head> section of a web page:

    <link rel=“canonical” href=“https://example.com/sample-page/” />

    Here’s what each part of that code means:

    link rel=“canonical”: The link in this tag is the master version of this page.
    href=“https://example.com/sample-page/”: The canonical version can be
    found at this URL.
    Importance of Canonical Tag for SEO
    Google doesn’t like duplicate content. It makes it harder for them to choose:

    ● Which version of a page to index (they’ll only index one!)


    ● Which version of a page to rank for relevant queries.
    ● Whether they should consolidate “link equity” on one page, or split it
    between multiple versions.

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