Canonical URL Generator
Quickly generate a rel="canonical" tag to consolidate duplicate URLs.
Canonical Snippet Generator
Build the perfect rel="canonical" tag with automatic sanitation, protocol enforcement, and trailing slash normalization.
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What is a Canonical URL?
A canonical URL is the HTML link tag (rel="canonical") that tells search engines like Google which version of a URL you want to appear in search results. It's the "master" or "preferred" version of a page.
Why are they important for SEO?
Websites often have multiple URLs that point to the exact same content. For example:
https://example.com/shoeshttps://www.example.com/shoes(www vs non-www)https://example.com/shoes/(trailing slash)https://example.com/shoes?sort=price(tracking or sorting parameters)
To search engines, these are four completely different pages with identical content. This causes "duplicate content" issues, splitting your page's ranking power. A canonical tag fixes this by telling the search engine that they should all be treated as the exact same page.
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