Monthly Archives: June 2019

Rel=canonical: what is it, why do you need it and how to use it

21st June 2019

In our previous article we’ve explained the importance of using hreflang tags for multilingual websites together with the implications of incorrect implementation. Hreflang tags are usually used in concurrence with rel=canonical attributes – another important HTML element. What is a canonical URL and why do you need it? A canonical URL is the URL of… Read more »

Hreflang tag: what is it, why do you need it and how to use it

20th June 2019

If your website targets users from all around the world and the content is translated into various languages catering for different countries and regions, you need to help Google understand which page to index and display for a particular region. Simply publishing translated versions of your content on different URLs won’t help Google understand the… Read more »

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