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Simon Hayter
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I have 3 URLS that serve the same data:

For Google's sake I want the URL www.example.com/product/foo to be the canonical one.

However, I have my code setup so all 3 of those pages are served from the same code so if I add in <link rel='canonical' href='http://www.example.com/product/foo' /> to my code it will be applied to all 3 pages, including the one http://www.example.com/product/foo.

Is there any issue with doing this or does having a circular canonical not cause any issues?

I have 3 URLS that serve the same data:

For Google's sake I want the URL www.example.com/product/foo to be the canonical one.

However, I have my code setup so all 3 of those pages are served from the same code so if I add in <link rel='canonical' href='http://www.example.com/product/foo' /> to my code it will be applied to all 3 pages, including the one http://www.example.com/product/foo.

Is there any issue with doing this or does having a circular canonical not cause any issues?

I have 3 URLS that serve the same data:

  • www.example.com/product/foo
  • www.example.com/product/foo?id=1
  • www.example.com?product=foo

For Google's sake I want the URL www.example.com/product/foo to be the canonical one.

However, I have my code setup so all 3 of those pages are served from the same code so if I add in <link rel='canonical' href='http://www.example.com/product/foo' /> to my code it will be applied to all 3 pages, including the one http://www.example.com/product/foo.

Is there any issue with doing this or does having a circular canonical not cause any issues?

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casperOne
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I have 3 URLS that serve the same data: www.example.com/product/foo www.example.com/product/foo?id=1 www.example.com?product=foo

For Google's sake I want the URL www.example.com/product/foowww.example.com/product/foo to be the canonical one. However

However, I have my code setup so all 3 of those pages are served from the same code so if I add in <link rel='canonical' href='http://www.example.com/product/foo' /> to my code it will be applied to all 3 pages, including the one http://www.example.com/product/foohttp://www.example.com/product/foo. Is

Is there any issue with doing this or does having a circular canonical not cause any issues?

I have 3 URLS that serve the same data: www.example.com/product/foo www.example.com/product/foo?id=1 www.example.com?product=foo

For Google's sake I want the URL www.example.com/product/foo to be the canonical one. However, I have my code setup so all 3 of those pages are served from the same code so if I add in <link rel='canonical' href='http://www.example.com/product/foo' /> to my code it will be applied to all 3 pages, including the one http://www.example.com/product/foo. Is there any issue with doing this or does having a circular canonical not cause any issues?

I have 3 URLS that serve the same data:

For Google's sake I want the URL www.example.com/product/foo to be the canonical one.

However, I have my code setup so all 3 of those pages are served from the same code so if I add in <link rel='canonical' href='http://www.example.com/product/foo' /> to my code it will be applied to all 3 pages, including the one http://www.example.com/product/foo.

Is there any issue with doing this or does having a circular canonical not cause any issues?

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How to use rel='canonical' properly

I have 3 URLS that serve the same data: www.example.com/product/foo www.example.com/product/foo?id=1 www.example.com?product=foo

For Google's sake I want the URL www.example.com/product/foo to be the canonical one. However, I have my code setup so all 3 of those pages are served from the same code so if I add in <link rel='canonical' href='http://www.example.com/product/foo' /> to my code it will be applied to all 3 pages, including the one http://www.example.com/product/foo. Is there any issue with doing this or does having a circular canonical not cause any issues?