Everypage has default rel=canonical Pointing to Itself

by dannyl
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Hi
I am looking at a website for a friend and whatever they have used to create it has added
<link rel="canonical" href="http://URL Of Itself.html> to the header of every page.

I thought the use of this function was if you had duplicate content then you use the tag to point at the page with duplicate content that you want to be the master, it doesn't really make sense to just add the tag and point it at itself.

Even though it isn't really doing anything, can the fact that each page has this attribute harm it in Google's eyes?

Thanks,
Dan
#default #everypage #pointing #relcanonical
  • Profile picture of the author RobinInTexas
    Originally Posted by dannyl View Post

    Hi
    can the fact that each page has this attribute harm it in Google's eyes?
    The short answer is the same as the long answer: no
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    Robin



    ...Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just set there.
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