Timeline for Does `rel="canonical"` act as a 'redirect' for search Bots or nothing more than a suggestion for said Bots?
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| Jun 16, 2020 at 10:32 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jun 2, 2018 at 11:13 | comment | added | DocRoot |
"search engines would still index the 'duplicate' content; just not return it in the SERPs." - you can often see this by doing a site: search and comparing it with the normal search results. site: searches should return all indexed pages, including duplicates, redirections and non-canonical pages, etc. (Note that site: searches are limited in the number of results returned, but you can narrow this search to just a part of your site.)
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| Jun 2, 2018 at 0:17 | comment | added | closetnoc | @Craig Bingo! You said it perfectly. Cheers!! | |
| Jun 1, 2018 at 22:52 | comment | added | Craig | @closetnoc ... I guess that makes logical sense. I guess the process is: We send search engines our pages. They then archive everything we send it, within their indexes. When a search query is then performed, the search query gets put through the relevant 'algorithmic filter(s)', which then puts the user through to the relevant SERP. That's my logical take on it; though I am sure it is likely to be a little bit more complex than that. :-) | |
| Jun 1, 2018 at 22:21 | comment | added | closetnoc | @Craig Both are right. For a search engine to know anything about a page, it must be indexed. Google indexes everything before making decisions. And it can take it's time making decisions. Some pages are dropped from the index if a severe penalty is issued. This is rather rare. Otherwise, almost all conditions are handled using SERP filters. | |
| Jun 1, 2018 at 18:39 | comment | added | Craig | Thanks for your answer. I wasn't aware that search engines would still index the 'duplicate' content; just not return it in the SERPs. I guess it makes sense. My initial thought was that a search engine would drop the duplicate content from their indexes. Close call between yours and Closetnoc's. In end, chose the first answer posted. | |
| May 11, 2018 at 22:43 | history | answered | DocRoot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |