Glossary
Canonical URL
Definition
Canonical URL is the address a page declares as its definitive version.
Why it matters at scale
Any site with sortable, filterable or parameterised pages can generate near-duplicate URLs by accident. A canonical tag tells the crawler which one counts.
Every page on this site declares one.
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