Canonical tags in the body?

[Whittie]

Hi there,

Does anyone know if placing canonical tags in the body instead of the header of a page will still "take"? The system we are on means that making an editable header is no easy business and I was just wondering how big of a difference it makes to have it in a different area.

Thank you in advance.

[DirkC]

Hi,

It will not work when you put it in the body - check mistake 5 on this page: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.be/2013/04/5-common-mistakes-with-relcanonical.html

"When we encounter a rel=canonical designation in the , it’s disregarded. "

rgds

Dirk

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Google says to place the canonical tag in the HTTP header, and that to me, would suggest that this is where they look for it.

Someone else might have a work-around, but I don't don't think it makes for a good strategy.

-Andy

Edit - As Dirk said

[Whittie]

Thanks Dirk!