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    Do I need to implement canonical in "https" or secured pages?

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    • esiow2013
      esiow2013 last edited by

      Thanks in advance!

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      • JaneCopland
        JaneCopland last edited by

        Hi,

        If you want those pages to be indexed and rank well, and there is a possibility of duplicate content between the secured and non-secured versions (or other content), you should implement the tag. Google crawls HTTPS pages (a simple search for inurl:HTTPS will show the extent of this), although if the pages are behind check-outs or log-ins, blocked by robots.txt, etc. and otherwise not available for crawling, there is no need to use the tag.

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