Starting in July, some sites are seeing an increase in canonical pages errors shown in Google Search Console, with Google choosing different canonical pages than the ones declared by the website. In most cases, Google’s chosen canonical pages don’t make sense. It does look like this issue has resolved, but I thought it was worth … Read more
Google offered a statement to clarify their support for the cross-domain canonical link element (rel=”canonical”), pointing out limitations in how they use it, saying that they “try” use the cross-domain canonicals while also pointing out where it’s not recommended. Google this week meant to simultaneously publish updates to multiple pages with guidance around cross-domain canonicals … Read more
Google has updated the guidance on Cross-Domain Canonicals for Syndicated content; however, the guidance for syndicated news remains the same. Cross-domain Canonicals A canonical link element is a way to tell search engines that a webpage should not be considered the original source of the content, that it should be considered a duplicate page and … Read more
Google has updated its help documentation for canonicalization. It removed a line about syndicated content and also updated a line about noindex to prevent selection of a canonical page within a single site. But Google added a whole section around not using a canonical tag for syndicated content anymore; more on that below. If you … Read more
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