Url variables, page rank and canonical question
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Hello.
I am having some back-links to my site that look like:http://site.com/page.html**?source=a**
http://site.com/page.html**?source=b**I assume these two will have two different ranks, is this issue fixed if I use canonical on the landing page?
Thank you.
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Thanks. I edited my initial post to properly format the links and canonical.
// Ooo suntem romani -
Yes, the canonical tag is a good use for this situation, so that Google can consolidate links/metrics/equity under one URL. Just remember to implement it correctly, like the following example:
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