Where does rel=canonical go? One file that manages sort order, view, filters, etc...

[ErnieB]

Where do I put the rel=canonical when the search.cfm (using URL re-write) page is the one and only page, just using url parameters to control sort, filter, view, etc.

Do I just put the rel=canonical at the top of the search.cfm page?  The duplicate content issues I am getting are:

• https://www.domain.com/tx/austin/
• https://www.domain.com/tx/austin/?d=25&h=&s=r&t=&v=l&a=

Just want to be clear since Moz Pro is picking up both URL's but it's only really one file, search.cfm

Thanks in advance for your help.

[ErnieB]

If we are using dynamic coding so that the search results page is just one page of code for ALL cities, then I assume that we need to just add dynamic logic at the top of the page for the tag to be dynamic based on the city URL in the URL, right?

Then when this one page loads for any city and any url parameter, it will just be custom, for example:

URL: domain.com/tx/austin?urlparameters.....
LINK: domain.com/tx/austin

URL: domain.com/ca/los-angeles?urlparameters.....
LINK: domain.com/ca/los-angeles

Is that correct?  This will just be dynamic logic in our codebase on the one template?

[jactang12]

Hi Ernie,

In your case, I would put on the page "domain.com/tx/austin".

This will ensure that any URL parameters added after the URL, will still load the canonical tag that was placed.

Hope this helps.

Jac