SEO - Canonical Tag for Ecommerce Category Pages

[Doris_2024]

Hi All,

Hope you are well

Any thoughts around how to handle Ecommerce category pages where the products are spread across multiple pages - for example: https://dogthings.co/collections/sitewide-sale?page=6.

Should all pages after the first page have a canonical tag pointing back to the original category page?

Kind Regards,

Alex

 

[tazarbm]

I think only the 1st page should have the canonical tag, the other pages don't need the tag. But I'm not 100% sure, wait for more answers

 

[NeedMyLink]

It's common to set up canonical tags for paginated category pages to point to the main category page. This consolidates link equity on a single URL and tells search engines that the main page is the most authoritative, helping to prevent dilution of ranking power across multiple similar pages.

 

[Doris_2024]

It's common to set up canonical tags for paginated category pages to point to the main category page. This consolidates link equity on a single URL and tells search engines that the main page is the most authoritative, helping to prevent dilution of ranking power across multiple similar pages.

Awesome - thank you! Appreciate the insight