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    • jasondexter
      jasondexter last edited by

      So the position of the attribute effect the rel canonical tags' ability to function?

      is the way I see it across multiple documents and websites.

      Having a discussion with someone in the office and there is a website with it set up as:

      Will that cause any problems? The website is inquestion still has both pages indexed within Google using the SITE:domain.com/product as well as SITE:domain.com/category/product

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      • KevinBudzynski
        KevinBudzynski last edited by

        No, attribute order is irrelevant.

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