Google’s John Mueller responded to an SEO seeking advice regarding issues with canonicals and the use of angular JavaScript. In a Reddit thread, the SEO writes: “For thousands of pages on the site Google is ignoring the canonical link and selecting their own, the issue is the page Google is selecting is incorrect.” Mueller responded […]
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Google’s John Mueller has advised that rel=canonical does not necessarily guarantee Google will recognize a page as the canonical version. This was stated by Mueller in a Twitter reply to a user who asked why Google is indexing the “wrong” page, instead of the page that rel=canonical is pointing to. More specifically, this individual was
Posted by randfish Same content, different domains? There’s a tag for that. Using rel=canonical to tell Google that similar or identical content exists on multiple domains has a number of clever applications. You can cross-post content across several domains that you own, you can benefit from others republishing your own content, rent or purchase content
Posted by randfish If you’ve ever had any questions about the canonical tag, well, have we got the Whiteboard Friday for you. In today’s episode, Rand defines what rel=canonical means and its intended purpose, when it’s recommended you use it, how to use it, and sticky situations to avoid. Click on the whiteboard image above
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