Canonical Tag
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Does it do anything to place the Canonical tag on the unique page itself? I thought this was only to be used on the offending pages that are the copies.
Thanks
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Pages that should contain the canonical tag aren't nescessarily 'offending' anything. They are just pages containing the same information as another page, where usually the only difference is a (non-significant) URL parameter.
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It is only really required on the non-canonical urls, but it's often placed on the canonical page also. It doesn't have to be, though.
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