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    • m1700
      m1700 last edited by

      hey, just wanna know  does <base> in head of website affect SEO? and if it's a yes, how?

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      • Dalerio-Consulting
        Dalerio-Consulting last edited by

        The purpose of the <base> tag is to set a base domain for linking to elements within it.

        Basically, what the base tag does is if you set your <base href="moz.com"> and you link within the document to "/community/q", then the link will take the user to "moz.com/community/q".

        There is no effect in SEO besides the fact that you will be creating backlinks to the base site for each element that is referred directly, without a URL.

        Daniel Rika - Dalerio Consulting
        https://dalerioconsulting.com/
        info@dalerioconsulting.com

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