Canonical Url - one of the best solutions for removing duplicate pages from a website, or rather a hint for search engines as to what exactly to indicate for certain pages. The plugin allows you to deal with unwanted URLs or strings by adding a meta tag to the main or desired page of the project. Then Google will only save the URL address that you specified for indexing during a search, and your site will not be considered spammy due to many similar duplicate pages.
If you are not yet aware of what canonical pages are, you can read about them here. To put it briefly, this is a special tag for your articles that tells the search engine which page to consider the main one in a given case. For example, in Joomla, the system automatically generates page pagination, and when you click on the second, third, and other pages of the category, your content and its meta tags are duplicated if you do not specify the main page. This tag - rel="canonical" - was specifically created for this purpose.
As for the component itself, it helps to set the correct page and the canonical tag within it.
In addition, the set includes language support, as this increases the number of duplicates.
You can choose automatic selection of the main page, as well as set it manually.
All elements are presented in the form of a list, so they are easy to sort, modify, and supplement.
Advantages
- Ability to set canonical pages directly from the component.
- Intelligent page selection, manual and automatic mode setup.
- Easy integration into the system, available settings and parameters.
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