Google no longer recommends canonical tags for syndicated content – Search Engine Land
Google now says the canonical link element is not recommended for syndicated content; instead, block the syndicated content from being accessed to avoid duplication. Google posted this new piece of information in this help document over here.
What’s new. Google posted this paragraph under the section “syndicated content:”
“The canonical link element is not recommended for those who wish to avoid duplication by syndication partners, because the pages are often very different. The most effective solution is for partners to block indexing of your content. For more, see Avoid article duplication in Google News, which also has advice about blocking syndicated content from Google Search.”
Don’t use canonicals for syndicated content. Previous Google advice was to require those who syndicated your content to use a canonical tag to communicate to Google that the content is being copied from your site. The issue is, it didn’t always stop syndicated content from outranking the original…
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