Question 1

What is a canonical tag?

Accepted Answer

A canonical tag (rel="canonical") is an HTML element that tells search engines which URL is the preferred version of a page. It consolidates ranking signals and prevents duplicate content penalties.

Question 2

How do I fix duplicate content with canonical tags?

Accepted Answer

Add a tag in the of each duplicate page, pointing to the URL you want indexed. This tells search engines to credit all ranking signals to that preferred version.

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