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    HOW DOES A CANONICAL INFLUENCE OR IMPACT ON A URL WITH BACKLINKS?

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    • Linio
      Linio last edited by

      I have url A with a canonical to URL B. How is the behavior of the backlinks profile on url A? If some put a backlink to url A count as a backlink for url B?

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      • sq1SEO
        sq1SEO last edited by

        If you are allowing search engines to index all the pages, then the overall link equity is flowing through.

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