Whats rel canonical
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I have a warning in SEOmoz saying that I have 150 rel canonical - What the hell that means?
Tks in advance
Pedro Pereira
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Hi Pedro,
You will find your answer in this article: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/canonical-url-tag-the-most-important-advancement-in-seo-practices-since-sitemaps
I hope it helped,
Istvan
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