Canonical is how important to seo?
 

Canonical is how important to seo?

Canonical Tag is used to inform Google that the content of the page is duplicate and URL of the reference page is mentioned in the Canonical tag.

This helps to avoid the issue of duplicate content and protects website from getting penalized by Google algorithm.

A canonical tag specifies the source URL (or original content page) of a given page to a search engine such as Google. Canonical tags are used to declare a single page as its own source or for duplicate pages to reference their source / originating page. Search Engines use the canonical tag to combat duplicate content issues and assign search engine ranking value for that content to the page designated as the “source” URL.

A canonical tag specifies the source URL (or original content page) of a given page to a search engine such as Google. Canonical tags are used to declare a single page as its own source or for duplicate pages to reference their source / originating page. Search Engines use the canonical tag to combat duplicate content issues and assign search engine ranking value for that content to the page designated as the “source” URL.