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Rules related to checking for any SEO issues on the page given
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Canonical links are used to specify the preferred version of this web page. It is used to prevent duplicate content for search engines. They must be used within the `<head></head>` tags of your HTML5 document.
```
<head>
<link rel="canonical" href="http://domain.com/the-preferred-page.html"/>
</head>
```
# How do I fix this ?
Ensure that when you use canonical links they are inside the `<head></head>` tags. Otherwise they are rendered useless and search engines might not bestow enough love upon you.
# Resources
* [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_link_element)
* [Matt Cutts](https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/canonical-link-tag/)