Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox

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Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox
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Canonicalization for SEO BrightonSEO April 2023 Patrick Stox

Editor's Notes

  1. Thanks Lily Ray for this screenshot. I don’t think most of the duplicates are nefarious. It’s mostly going to be technical issues that cause the duplicates
  2. This process is sometimes referred to as canonicalization, standardization, or normalization.
  3. There are only losses if things don’t consolidate properly.
  4. There are only losses if things don’t consolidate properly.
  5. There are only losses if things don’t consolidate properly.
  6. The chosen version is called the canonical and signals like PageRank and anchor text will consolidate to that page.
  7. Really they’re all getting a score Shorter over longer is mostly to handle URLs with parameters
  8. Really they’re all getting a score Shorter over longer is mostly to handle URLs with parameters
  9. Basically, the text becomes a number. This is the hash for my author page on the Ahrefs blog.
  10. These are very similar pages they’ll have to deal with.
  11. Scraped or syndicated content may help you!
  12. Scraped or syndicated content may help you!
  13. Scraped or syndicated content may help you!
  14. Mobile versions of pages are the version indexed
  15. A lot of these could have different content on the pages
  16. A lot of these could have different content on the pages
  17. A lot of these could have different content on the pages
  18. A lot of these could have different content on the pages
  19. A lot of these could have different content on the pages
  20. I think the duplicate detection system kind of messes with app shell model sites.
  21. This has been misconstrued over the years by SEOs
  22. Crypto redirect = notification that you’ve moved
  23. Crypto redirect = notification that you’ve moved
  24. Consolidate backwards
  25. This has too many huge implications for our industry
  26. SEOs tend to call this the canonical tag
  27. Google’s desktop bot just randomly chooses the HTTP page as the canonical sometimes
  28. A lesson into why canonicalization is important
  29. 302, no canonical set
  30. That’s Screaming Frog y’all
  31. Sometimes the <head> section of a page will end before it should. This is usually caused by a tag in the <head> section not closed out properly. When that happens, a canonical tag may be put into the <body> section instead. If that happens, your canonical tag won’t be respected. 
  32. Sometimes the <head> section of a page will end before it should. This is usually caused by a tag in the <head> section not closed out properly. When that happens, a canonical tag may be put into the <body> section instead. If that happens, your canonical tag won’t be respected.