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Definition

Canonicalization is the process of specifying the preferred URL version of a page using a canonical tag — preventing duplicate content issues and consolidating authority signals to the correct URL. It ensures AI crawlers and search engines index the definitive version of a page. Duplicate content fragments entity signals. A brand with the same content accessible at multiple URLs — with and without www, HTTP vs HTTPS, trailing slash variants — splits its citation authority across multiple URL versions rather than consolidating it. Canonical tags direct AI crawlers to the preferred version, ensuring entity signals and citation authority accumulate on a single URL.

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