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does <base> in html affect seo?
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hey, just wanna know does <base> in head of website affect SEO? and if it's a yes, how?
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The purpose of the <base> tag is to set a base domain for linking to elements within it.
Basically, what the base tag does is if you set your <base href="moz.com"> and you link within the document to "/community/q", then the link will take the user to "moz.com/community/q".
There is no effect in SEO besides the fact that you will be creating backlinks to the base site for each element that is referred directly, without a URL.
Daniel Rika - Dalerio Consulting
https://dalerioconsulting.com/
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