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    Canonical URL is one of the SEO technique called On-Page activities. A canonical tag (aka "rel canonical") is a way of telling search engines that a specific URL represents the master copy of a page. It prevent duplication of content causing on multiple URLs. In short, two URLs is created for same page and it is the best to inform search engine that which is the right URL and which one is duplicate.

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    A canonical URL, sometimes referred to as a "canonical tag," is an HTML attribute that tells search engines where to assign the search value, or "link juice," for pages with duplicate or very similar content. Online stores often use canonical tags for product pages, which is crucial for retaining full search value.

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    Hi Friends,
    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.

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

    When you have some similar pages the duplicate content issue arises. You can solve this issue to select the canonical URL.

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    Cannoncal URL means, you need to specify a singe URL to google for any dynamic view of the page. This solve self duplication of content issue. Dynamic view creates multiple URL which all refer to same content.

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    A canonical URL is the preferred version of a web page. It appears in a small piece of code found on a page that tells search engines how to crawl the page and rank the importance of the content. In the event that you have the same content found on different URLs, using this code— referred to as rel=canonical tag—will help search crawlers better understand what content is important, resolve duplicate content issues, improve the ranking of that content, and ultimately, can lead more customers to your site.

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    It tells search engines how to crawl pages and rank them on importance of content.

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    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.

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    What is a standard URL · Same substance, various URLs A sanctioned URL is a specialized answer for copy content?

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