Canonical tag for common header - Posted on 11th January 2023

Canonical tag for the common Header : The PHP Code

I worked on some site scripts written on PHP that have common header and footer. Common Header is used to apply same header on multiple pages, that you will have to write header just once and header data remain same on each page. For Example, if you input

   to common header it will show the same canonical tag on every page I create.

Canonical tag must be unique on each page. Common C tag on every page makes problems on SEO. For instance,  Flag Hit Counter I have common header, so when I put the  tag  

for Home page, It is right for the Homepage but not good for other pages. Because my other page such as explore shows the same tag that is

    but it should be

A little Explanation:  You may visit a website from various domain addresses( if not redirected to https) such as

http://flaghitcounter.com

http://www.flaghitcounter.com

https://flaghitcounter.com

https://www.flaghitcounter.com

If the content of the above URLs remain same, than Search engine may take the content as a duplication. When a search engine bots crawl your site, it fails to decide which page should be indexed. If the pages show the same content, the bot will assume one copy is the copy of other and throw a penalty. Using a  tag can solve this problem.

For Common Header: Some CMS contain common header, where implementation of a C tag is little much critical. If your script in PHP, and have a common header. Open Header file and paste the following

If your site has https than do not remove the https here. Otherwise use only http.Hope this tutorial will solve your problem to implementation of  C tag on the common header.The above php script to retrieve unique C tag on every page you create.This scripts is also applicable for the complex eCommerce site.If any problem arises, do not hesitate to put a comment.

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