Is horizontal hashtag linking between 4 different information text pages with a canonical tag to the URL with no hashtag, a White Hat SEO practice?

[Muhammad_Jabali]

Hey guys,

I need help.

hope it is a simple question : if I have horizontal 4 text pages which you move between through hashtag links, while staying on the same page in user experience, can I canonical tag the URL free of hashtags as the canonical page URL ? is this white hat acceptable practice? and will this help "Adding the Value", search queries, and therefore rank power to the canonical URL in this case?

hoping for your answers.

Best Regards, and thanks in advance!

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Am I right in thinking this is a single page site? But the single page is a horizontal rather than vertical scroller?

Andy

[Muhammad_Jabali]

no not at all. I'm just implementing a new design.

[Andy.Drinkwater]

I'm trying to imagine the site setup before answering - so you move between 4 pages of text while staying on the same page? Is this then using frames? Do you have a link to the site so I can have a look?

Andy

[Muhammad_Jabali]

i want to move this 4 url page

http://www.batuta.com/الوجهات/السعودية/المملكة-العربيّة-السعوديّة/قبل-السفر-إلى-السعودية/

to be a hashtag move under the image in this URL :

http://www.batuta.com/الوجهات/السعودية/

[Andy.Drinkwater]

I think I see now.

Having that page as the primary one for the rel=canonical to be added to will be no problem at all. It is good practice to use rel=canonical to help Google understand more about a site structure and which page is the primary one to deliver when there could be other choices.

Andy

[Muhammad_Jabali]

I can use different page titles and meta description for each one of the 4 Hashtag still right?

and having 4 canonical to 1 will make google index only the canonical or no?

thanks a lot for your help by the way !

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Rel=canonical is only a recommendation to Google. If they wish, they can still ignore it, so there is no guarantee, but for the most part, this won't happen.

You can still use a unique title and description on the pages without any problem.

And you are more than welcome

Andy

[Muhammad_Jabali]

thanks a lot !