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Google described grouping detected duplicate URLs into a cluster.
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- What is URL Canonicalization | Google Search Central
Google · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-18
“it clusters them together” — 'How Google indexes and chooses the canonical URL' section
- Google, duplicate content caused by URL parameters, and you
Google Search Central Blog · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-18
“When we detect duplicate content, such as through variations caused by URL parameters, we group the duplicate URLs into one cluster.” — lines 963-968
- Google Says Canonicalization Issues May Take Up To Two Weeks To Resolve
Search Engine Roundtable · retrieved 2026-08-18
“hold pages in a duplicate cluster” — Coverage of July 2026 doc update
- Google Uses ~40 Canonicalization Signals (Ahrefs canonicalization guide)
Ahrefs (Patrick Stox) · retrieved 2026-08-18
“Clustering creates a cluster of duplicate pages” — Clustering vs canonicalization explanation
Release: seo-geo-product-v0.3 · Phase Two freeze: P2-CORE300-FINAL-v1.0 · Generated: 2026-08-23T08:01:40Z