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    • NEWCRAFT
      NEWCRAFT last edited by

      I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE BESTPRACTICE IS WHEN USING CANONICAL TAGS:

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      • Alex-Harford
        Alex-Harford last edited by

        1 - the absolute path. It's less error-prone. For example, if the rest of the URL was sometimes partly upper case, and other times completely lower case.

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