What is the Different Between Canonical and 301 redirect?
 

What is the Different Between Canonical and 301 redirect?

Canonical link and redirect 301 have been around for a year ago, but they continuously generate the confusion. Question is that about which is the best solution to manage all the redirection.

301 Is redirect you another address and First and foremost, the Canonical Attribute is not a redirect.

301 redirect is the most efficient and Search Engine Friendly method for webpage redirection. It's not that hard to implement and it should preserve your search engine rankings for that particular page. If you have to change file names or move pages around, it's the safest option. The code "301" is interpreted as "moved permanently".

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A 301 Redirect signals to the search engine that the page has been moved permanently, remove the page from the index and pass any acquired SEO credit to the new page. A Canonical Attribute signals to the search engine that the document has multiple versions of the page

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