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    Will Canonical tag on parameter URLs remove those URL's from Index, and preserve link juice?

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    • partnerf
      partnerf last edited by

      My website has 43,000 pages indexed by Google.  Almost all of these pages are URLs that have parameters in them, creating duplicate content.  I have external links pointing to those URLs that have parameters in them.

      If I add the canonical tag to these parameter URLs, will that remove those pages from the Google index, or do I need to do something more to remove those pages from the index?

      Ex:  www.website.com/boats/show/tuna-fishing/?TID=shkfsvdi_dc%ficol  (has link pointing here)
             www.website.com/boats/show/tuna-fishing/   (canonical URL)

      Thanks for your help.

      Rob

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      • StreamlineMetrics
        StreamlineMetrics last edited by

        As long as you have the canonical tags set up correctly, then you don't need to do anything else with the URLs that have parameters in them. Google will eventually start dropping those URLs from their index.

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