Should summary pages have the rel canonical set to the full article?

[Autoboof]

My site has tons of summary pages,  Whether for a PDF download, a landing page or for an article.  There is a summary page, that explains the asset and contains a link to the actual asset.

My question is that if the summary page is just  summary of an article with a "click here to read full article" button,  Should I set the rel canonical on the summary page to go to the full article?

Thanks,

[DmitriiK]

Hi there.

Yes, you should. Especially if summary contains parts of full article content or is very close in its content. Basically, if there is any chance that summary can rank for keyphrases, same as full article - do canonicalizing.

Hope this helps.