# Block crawlers from embedded topics only?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 19, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-crawlers-from-embedded-topics-only/268916 "2023-06-19T15:34:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![haydenjames](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/haydenjames/32/255678_2.png) [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-crawlers-from-embedded-topics-only/268916/18 "2023-06-20T10:09:50Z")

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Even though the rel=canonical tag can help you avoid a duplicate content penalty when you republish posts, you can still get penalized if you misuse the tag. I’ll find a solution. Will bump this thread at a later date.

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