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Cross-Site Canonical URLs

by Allen Graves
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I am asking here because I want to hear any feedback and/or experience doing this.

Can I use a canonical header tag to point to a page on a completely different domain? If so, has anyone found proof that it works?

Thanks,
Allen
#canonical #crosssite #urls
  • Profile picture of the author Luke Graham
    Hi Allen.

    Yes - you can do this cross domain [Where can = "google says you can" ......]

    Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Handling legitimate cross-domain content duplication

    I did this the other day myself but im still waiting for anything meaningful to come out of it; it might be too early for me to say anything else at this point. To be honest I was hoping this might be visible from GWT or such but i think i'll need to dig further.

    (Would 'fetch as googlebot' show this in GWT? I dont have access until I get home but will take another look then)
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  • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
    Ah - fetch is a good idea. But I haven't added the tags yet. LOL

    Let me know, if you would.

    Thanks, Luke,
    Allen
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