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Canonical Tag

Also known as · rel=canonical

An HTML link element that tells search engines which URL is the primary version of duplicate or similar content.

The canonical tag (<link rel="canonical" href="..." />) signals to search engines which URL should be treated as the primary version when multiple URLs serve similar content. Common uses: consolidating tracking-parameter variants, declaring the print-friendly version subordinate to the main, handling pagination. Missing or misconfigured canonicals cause duplicate-content issues and split ranking signals.

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