How to Change Canonical Tags
Adding and editing canonical tags is a critical step, when performing search engine optimization -- or SEO -- on a website. The content on modern websites can sometimes be accessed from different uniform resource locators -- or URLs -- such as those containing parameters or print-only pages. Canonical tags tell search engines which URL address they should use to index specific content on your website. You can edit or add canonical tags by using the correct syntax.
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Instructions
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Open the HTML file you wish to edit in an HTML editor or in a text editor such as Notepad.
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Copy-and-paste the following tag between the <head> and </head> tags:
<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.exampleURL.com" />. -
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Replace "http://www.exampleURL.com" with the actual URL of the page that contains the original content you want search engines to index.
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Save the HTML file, and upload it to your server.
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