Canonical Tag
13,171,026 websites

Canonical Tag is free to use

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_link_element

A canonical link element is an HTML element that helps webmasters prevent duplicate content issues by specifying the "canonical", or "preferred".

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Meta Rel Home
2,974,354 websites

Meta Rel Home is free to use

http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-home

By adding rel="home" to a hyperlink, a page indicates that the destination of that hyperlink is the homepage of the site in which the current page appears.

Market Share by Top Websites

1 Canonical Tag is leading in Top 10K Sites, Top 100K Sites, Top 1M Sites and The Entire Web.

2 In terms of market share, Meta Rel Home is clearly lagging behind, losing to Canonical Tag in all segments.

Websites Categories

1 Canonical Tag has better usage coverage in more websites categories. Including Computers Electronics & Technology, Arts & Entertainment, Science & Education, Food & Drink and 20 other categories.

2 Meta Rel Home hasn't got a lead over Canonical Tag in any websites category.

Geography

1 Canonical Tag is leading in most countries, including United States, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom and 162 other countries.

2 Meta Rel Home hasn't got a lead over Canonical Tag in any country.