2. According to MOZ (https://moz.com/learn/seo/canonicalization)
“ A canonical tag (aka "rel canonical") is a way of telling search engines that a specific URL represents the master
copy of a page. Using the canonical tag prevents problems caused by identical or "duplicate" content appearing on
multiple URLs. Practically speaking, the canonical tag tells search engines which version of a URL you want to appear
in search results.”
3. According to Google
Canonical URL: A canonical URL is the URL of the page that Google thinks is most representative from a
set of duplicate pages on your site.
4. According to Ahref (Refer: https://ahrefs.com/blog/canonical-tags/)
“A canonical tag (rel=“canonical”) is a snippet of HTML code that defines the main version for duplicate, near-
duplicate and similar pages. In other words, if you have the same or similar content available under different URLs,
you can use canonical tags to specify which version is the main one and thus, should be indexed.”
5.
6. According to Woorank (Refer: https://www.woorank.com/en/edu/seo-guides/canonical-tags)
“The canonical tag, also called "rel canonical" is an HTML tag that tells search engines that the enclosed URL is the original,
definitive version of the page. The canonicalized URL.
The tag is present in the page’s <head> section and looks like
<link rel=“canonical”href= “https://www.example.com”.”
7. Lets consider you have 4 different URLs of your product page, which are nothing but clones of the same page.
Only the URLs differ.
https://www.abc.com
https://www.abc.com/index.php
https://www.abcproduct.com
www.abc.com
http://www.abc.com
10. HOW CANONICALS HELP?
Canonicals save you from duplicate content issues.
Canonicals help in link building by directing links to the URL being indexed and shown on
search by Google.
Canonicals help you save crawl budget for your website
