Where to put canonical tag?
 

Hi folks,

One of my clients website is running index.php that is duplicate of home page as per Google. I need to know Where should I put canonical tag in home page saying index.php or index.php page saying that this is duplicate of home page. Please guide me in the right direction.

Canonicalization is essential to proper SEO. Learn how to use 301 redirects and the rel=canonical tag to make duplicate content a thing of the past.

Canonicalization is essential to proper SEO. Learn how to use 301 redirects and the rel=canonical tag to make duplicate content a thing of the past.

It would be nice if Google provided a full report as to why a website ranks where it does. Unfortunately, even the most experienced SEO professionals don’t have the full answer sheet. Over time, however, Google and the other search engines provide the public with information on how they can improve their search ranking by implementing technical changes to their website. One of the biggest evolutions to come out of these releases, and still one of the most misunderstood, is the development of the canonical tag.

Canonical tag is an HTML element that helps webmasters to prevent from duplicate content issues by specifying with the canonical version of a web page as part of search engine optimization. Duplicate issue occur when the same content is accessed by multiple urls.