How to Implement Canonical Tags

sharminakter · Post by **sharminakter** » Mon Jan 06, 2025 7:11 am

Let’s say you have backlinks (links from external domains) pointing to multiple duplicate pages. If these pages are canonical, Google will consider them all as links to the canonical URL. Together, they have a positive impact on ranking.

an illustration of backlinks, alternate URLs and canonical URLs connection
Note: Google no longer recommends using canonical tags for content syndication . Instead, syndication partners are advised to block indexing using the appropriate meta tags.

To implement canonical tags in your HTML, you czech republic phone data can add the rel="canonical" tag to the <head> section of the page.

It looks like this:

But your content management system (CMS) or a CMS plugin may allow you to specify canonicals without going into HTML code.

Read the instructions for Magento 1 , Magento 2 , WordPress , and Wix .

Or skip directly to other canonicalization methods .

Magento 1
If you're running a Magento 1 store, follow these steps to specify canonical URLs for product and category pages.

Canonicals of Product Pages
Log in to your admin panel, then go to System > Configuration .

Click on “ Catalog ” and open the “ Search Engine Optimizations ” section.

where to specify canonical URLs for product and category pages in Magento 1
If it isn't already, set the "Use Canonical Link Meta Tag For Products" field to "Yes".