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    What is the best use of canonical ref on home (default/index) page?

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    • bhsiao
      bhsiao last edited by

      Moz reports show duplicate content for my www.domain.com and www.domain.com/default.html

      How do I format the canonical ref to put on the default.html page?

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      • Joe_Stoffel
        Joe_Stoffel last edited by

        Hi there,

        You will want to inject this tag into the section of http://www.domain.com/default.html

        (or https://www. if your site is secure).

        Additionally, you can 301 redirect www.domain.com/default.html to www.domain.com/ and that will also resolve the issue.

        Hope that helps!

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          • SergioB1717
            SergioB1717 last edited by

            In case you still have any doubt about it, I have searched for a link to complement the information of the other users:

            https://yoast.com/rel-canonical/

            I hope it helps you

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