How Links Affect Your Google Rankings SEO Basics

How Links Affect Your Google Rankings

Links are still the biggest ranking signal Google uses. Not the only one, but the biggest. Here's what we actually know about how they work — and what's still murky.

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Canonical Tags and Their Effect on Links Technical SEO

Canonical Tags and Their Effect on Links

Canonical tags are supposed to solve duplicate content problems, but their effect on link equity is more confusing than most SEOs admit. Here's what actually happens when you add a rel=canonical.

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