Google Clarifies Simultaneous Use of Canonical & Noindex – Search Engine Journal
Google’s John Mueller clarifies his previous ‘maybe’ stance on using noindex and canonical on the same page
Google’s John Mueller clarified the longstanding confusion about whether it’s appropriate to use a noindex rule and a canonical tag on the same page. A 2021 statement suggested that using both might ‘maybe’ work, but his latest statement provides a more detailed and definitive answer.
Noindex Rule And Rel=Canonical
An HTML element is like a building block of a web page. An attribute (like rel=canonical) is something that modifies the element with additional information.
Google’s documentation states:
“rel=”canonical” link annotations: A strong signal that the specified URL should become canonical.”
Here is how the noindex and canonical are supposed to work:
- The noindex rule is a directive that Google must obey.
- The rel=canonical is a “strong signal” that can be ignored.
The conundrum is that the noindex seemingly cancels out the…
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