Posts Tagged: Canonical Tag

Alternatives to rel="canonical"

Posted by Dawn Smith

Don't use rel="canonical" as a bandaid solution

There has been some recent discussion in the SEO community about whether Google and Bing have different rules for the use of the rel=”canonical” tag. Google has said it is fine to have self-referential canonical tags (ie. the rel=”canonical” tag specifies the same URL as the page you are on), whereas Bing indicates they’d prefer… Read more »

Canonical Tag is Useless

Posted by Chase Granberry

Canonical tag is a must in terms of ‘best practices’ but mostly it’s a way for search engines to put an end to all the duplicate content questions.