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Canonical URL

A canonical URL tells search engines which version of a page is the original, consolidating ranking credit when content exists in more than one place.

A canonical URL is the address you declare as the true home of a piece of content, using a link tag in the page's head.

It matters whenever content has duplicates: cross-posted pieces, print views, or URLs with tracking parameters. The canonical tag points all that credit at one page.

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