{"id":26457,"date":"2024-11-14T14:59:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T13:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/news-stories\/canonical-url-and-how-best-to-use-it-on-a-website\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:33:59","slug":"canonical-url-and-how-best-to-use-it-on-a-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/en\/news-stories\/canonical-url-and-how-best-to-use-it-on-a-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Canonical URL and how best to use it on a website?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1487086373501{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 140px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584650401893{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A canonical URL is a way for search engines to indicate that a particular URL represents a master copy of a page. The use of the canonical tag prevents problems that arise due to identical or &#8220;duplicate&#8221; content appearing on multiple URLs. Practically speaking, a canonical URL tells search engines which version of the URL you want to appear in search results.    <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578556341270{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?id=1ycipoUWUVQ2QSDayR04ZNarQfqgGjSzS&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584650416976{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is a technical solution for duplicate content. For example, you might have a post or product that is related to two categories and exists under two URLs. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584650529075{padding-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Canonical URL and duplicate content<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1659803961678{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Duplicate content is an important topic for SEO, and therefore it is an important item when it comes to<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/usluge-portfolio\/izrada-i-dizajn-sajtova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> building and designing websites.<\/a><\/span> When search engines search for a lot of URLs with identical (or very similar) content, it can cause a number of SEO problems. First, if search engines have to go through too many duplicates, they may miss out on some unique content. Secondly, the existence of duplicate content can reduce the possibility of ranking. Even if the content ranks, search engines may choose the wrong URL as &#8220;original.&#8221; The canonical URL helps control duplicate content.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578521889604{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">For search engines, each unique URL represents a separate page. Given the many variations of URLs that can occur and the number of &#8220;same&#8221; pages that search engines recognize, it can be quite large. Modern content management systems (CMS) and dynamic, specially coded websites exacerbate the problem. Many sites automatically add tags, allow multiple paths (and URLs) to the same content, and add URL parameters for searches, sorting, currency options, etc. Your website can have thousands of duplicate URLs without you even realizing it.    <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578556373888{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?id=1lY6yXCmDS8Tj6siW4fymVbnWcqggTjEN&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578521931713{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Choosing the appropriate canonical URL for each set of similar URLs improves the site&#8217;s SEO. This is because the browser knows which <em>version canonical<\/em> is, so any links pointing to different versions can be counted as links to the canonical version. Setting up a canonical URL is similar in concept to a 301 redirect, only without the actual redirect.  <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1657575162599{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>How to choose a canonical URL?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578672839698{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">When you have a choice between several URLs, canonization is the process of choosing one of them. In many cases, it will be obvious: one URL will be a better choice than others. In some cases, it may not be so obvious, but even then it&#8217;s pretty simple: just pick one!  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Canonical URLs can be self-referential. It&#8217;s a perfectly legitimate option to set the URL to that page as <em>a canonical<\/em> URL. This can often be a cause of confusion. Also, cross-using a canonical URL between multiple pages can be confusing. For example, setting up a <em>canonical<\/em> URL for page A, a URL for side B, is not the happiest solution. Also, chaining URLs (e.g. the canonical URL for page B is the URL of page A, and the canonical URL of page C is the URL of page B) is also bad practice. Send clear signals or you&#8217;ll force search engines to make bad decisions.      <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1578556404188{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?id=1Fw1pvup1vysBMadJLjsNnaNXns9Pm1cj&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584031155139{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you&#8217;re not sure whether you want to apply a 301 redirect or set a canonical URL, which is a better solution? The answer is simple: you should always do a redirect, unless there are technical reasons not to do so. If you can&#8217;t redirect because it would hurt the user experience or be otherwise problematic, set a canonical URL.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Like any other tool used, the canonical URL should be used carefully and following certain guidelines.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1579177317171{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #fd6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ukoliko ste u ovom tekstu saznali ne\u0161to novo i interesantno, ovde pro\u010ditajte jo\u0161 edukativnih tekstova koje smo pripremili za vas: <a style=\"color: #fd6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/news-stories\/\">News &amp; Stories<\/a><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/blog\/digitizer-line.jpg&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Made by Neboj\u0161a Radovanovi\u0107 \u2013 SEO Expert @Digitizer<\/em><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1571217766933{padding-top: 150px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_btn title=&#8221;Back to News  Stories&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-bars&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitizer.rs%2Fen%2Fnews-stories%2F|title:Back%20to%20NEWS%20%26%20STORIES|&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1487086373501{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 140px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1584650401893{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]A canonical URL is a way for search engines to indicate that a particular URL represents a master copy of a page. 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