# Adding Canonical Redirects for SEO Optimization

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**Created:** [February 23, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-canonical-redirects-for-seo-optimization/25547 "2015-02-23T01:08:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-canonical-redirects-for-seo-optimization/25547/2 "2015-02-23T01:11:23Z")

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Google is usually smart enough to understand that query strings can produce identical content with a near infinite number of variables used in said query strings.

Where is your proof that this is “hurting rankings”? Do you have data? There is a lot of snake oil in the SEO “industry”.

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