Has Anyone Encountered This Old Meta Tag and Know It's Past Function?

[talexanderyano]

name="url" content="http://www.mysite.com/">

I've never personally seen it used until I saw a site using it this past weekend...I cannot find any old documentation on the purpose if this tag either.Any insights or direction would truly appreciated!Many thanks, T

[PatrickDelehanty]

Hi there

If I remember right, this was a form of letting search engines know what URL should be ranking and getting credit for content, kind of like a canonical tag.

I might be wrong here and would love to know if I am!

Hope this helps!
Patrick