What Is The Use of Canonical URL?

[jsharma]

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What Is The Use of Canonical URL?

[John-Smith]

Using the canonical tag prevents problems caused by identical or "duplicate" content appearing on multiple URLs.

[Kieron Walsh]

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.

[avanti]

A canonical URL is the URL of the page that Google thinks is most representative of a set of duplicate pages on your site.

[summayaah]

It specifies to search engines their preferred URL. That means the canonical URL element informs Google and other search engines to crawl a website, and what URL to index that specific page’s content under.

[Neo_5678]

They consolidate link signals for similar or duplicate pages and manage syndicated content.

[ameliajones2558]

Link element rel="canonical", often called canonical URL, is an HTML element that helps prevent duplicate content by informing search engines to prefer one document over other identical or similar documents.

[saichavhan]

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