Then he pointed out a confusing signal he saw: He said "rel=canonical to the first page + rel next/prev are a bit conflicting, either it's the same as the first page, or they're paginated series." ...

Google updated their rel canonical documentation in order to clarify how Google handles the extraction of rel canonical annotations. The clarification is not meant to ...

Google can absolutely ignore rel canonical if the content isn't the same, but this is the exact same article word for word. Cross domain canonical is the recommended solution for handling syndicated ...

Google’s John Mueller has advised that rel=canonical does not necessarily guarantee Google will recognize a page as the canonical version. This was stated by ...

In a video released by Matt Cutts, Google’s head of search spam, Matt said publishers who publish similar or duplicative stories on different URLs may use the rel ...

Google has updated its JavaScript SEO help document to add technical details on how to inject canonical link tags using JavaScript. Google added a new section titled ...

Kevin Graves gives us several reasons why the HTTP header link has not had a ton of traction in the SEO industry, before explaining how to advance them. Google ...