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Specify your canonical

Carpe diem on any duplicate content worries : we now support a format that allows you to publicly specify your preferred version of a URL. If your site has identical or vastly similar content that's accessible through multiple URLs, this format provides you with more control over the URL returned in search results. It also helps to make sure that properties such as link popularity are consolidated to your preferred version. Let's take our old example of a site selling Swedish fish . Imagine that your preferred version of the URL and its content looks like this: http://www.example.com/product.php?item=swedish-fish However, users (and Googlebot) can access Swedish fish through multiple (not as simple) URLs. Even if the key information on these URLs is the same as your preferred version, they may show slight content variations due to things like sort parameters or category navigation: http://www.example.com/product.php?item=swedish-fish&