What is a canonical link?

2024-12-22 17:33

A Canonical Link or Canonical URL is the address of a page that search engines will choose as the most relevant version of duplicate pages.

Adding the meta tag below to the of a copy of a page, will tell search engines that the https://site.com/page.html address is the most relevant version.

Some services, like Medium, have a setting that can be used to include the Canonical URL.