Will setting the rel="canonical" attribute of a page to itself cause a loop?
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Hi Matt, With canonical tags can you point a page to itself.? So if www.google.com/webpage points to www.google.com/webpage will this cause a loop? Mark James, Yeovil UK
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I must study IT before I could understand this. I don't understand most of the terms.
agapitoflores001 3 months ago
@yogobogo yeah i guess so but dub dub dub is faster
updownmovie 7 months ago
@updownmovie - you can say "three double us"
yogobogo 7 months ago
Matt should do audio books.
thisiswilson2 8 months ago
I agree with you, say dub dub dub, it's easier to say, you don't want to say double u double u double u.yoursite.com, by the way FIRST!
updownmovie 8 months ago