what is canonical tag in seo

[sonikathakur]

what is canonical tag in seo ?

 

[AvniShergill]

Canonicalization refers to individual web page that can be loaded/accessed from different URLS i.e different URL for the same content. Canonical tag helps to tell the search engine that the content of the page is the copied content refering the given URL.

 

[Tanuj_Rastogi]

A canonical tag is HTML element that helps webmasters prevent duplicate content issues occur when the same content is accessible from multiple URLs. Canonical tag can also be useful to solve www and non www canonical issue.

 

[jenniferjohner]

Canonical tag is used to avoid duplicate content issues. Link juice from all sub urls should be sent to the canonical url.

 

[printersupport]

Canonical tag helps to resolve duplicate content issues.

 

[marvinsam]

Canonicalization refers to individual web page that can be loaded/accessed from different URLS

 

[pawleybel]

A canonical tag specifies the source URL (or original content page) of a given page to a search engine such as Google. Canonical tags are used to declare a single page as its own source or for duplicate pages to reference their source / originating page.

 

[kaarlealmila]

The Canonical URL tag attribute is similar in many ways to a 301 redirect from an SEO perspective.