As a marketer, I'd like each bounty URL to have a canonical URL included, so that our SEO is improved and we are not penalized for duplicate content on bounties.

[danlipert]

User Story

As a marketer, I'd like each bounty URL to have a canonical URL included, so that our SEO is improved and we are not penalized for duplicate content on bounties.

Why Is this Needed

Currently, each version of each bounty gets a unique URL - often 3 or 4 versions per bounty. Search engines will penalize us for the duplicate content, but adding a canonical URL to each version that points at the latest version will remove this penalty.

Description

Type: Feature

Current Behavior

No Canonical URL

Expected Behavior

Added canonical URL that points to the latest version.

Definition of Done

The template for bounty details is updated to contain a valid canonical URL pointing at the current version of the bounty detail page.

Data Requirements

This should increase organic search traffic

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1) drslowpokephd has applied to start work (Funders only: approve worker | reject worker).

In order to fix this problem, I will create an additional link that is continuously searching for a link that matches a certain unique id/keywords related to the bounty itself. That link will then point to the most recent of those links collected.
2) tommycox has been approved to start work.

I'll essentially follow this (https://www.dev2qa.com/how-to-create-canonical-url-in-django/) to add a canonical URL to the bounty details template.
3) codeblcks has applied to start work (Funders only: approve worker | reject worker).

Make the required changes in HTML and Python code for adding a canonical URL.

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[proofoftom]

Quick update, will be able to tackle this today!

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