The canonical tag is used to inform search engines:

  • Which URL to count as authoritative when dealing with several URLs leading to the same page
  • Which page is the homepage of a website
  • Which pages should not show up in SERPs

The correct answer is:

  • Which URL to count as authoritative when dealing with several URLs leading to the same page.

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