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What happens when canonical tags get out of control and how can you rein them in? Columnist Patrick Stox shares his findings and insights. Patrick Stox on September 29, 2017 Being a technical SEO, I love digging into any weird problems where things don’t seem to work as expected. Canonical tags seem easy enough, … Continue reading Canonical tags gone wild
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Duplicate content issues? Problems with your canonical tags? Columnist Marcus Miller explains why these issues occur and how to fix them. Marcus Miller on December 5, 2016 Search engines are getting smarter. There is little doubt about that. However, in a CMS-driven web where content can often exist on several URLs, it is not … Continue reading Canonical chaos: doubling down on duplicate content
Irina Hey, November 1, 2016 Duplicate content is a problem every webmaster will be confronted with at some point. For Google and other search engines, duplicate content is initially not a negative signal. However, identical and similar content from different URLs can cause confusion and lead to ranking problems. To avoid duplicate content, you … Continue reading When Should You Choose Canonical vs. 301 Redirect?
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