Canonical Links

webnews365 · 03-02-2009, 05:44 AM

hello all,

What is this "Canonical Link" and how to it check? any body knows?

riderbabygurl · 03-02-2009, 06:08 AM

Not really familiar of it. But here's what Ive got from matt cutts blog..

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/canonical-link-tag-video/

Hope it will help.

seosean · 03-02-2009, 10:31 AM

It's pretty new... Basically it helps search engines know if a page is a duplicate of another page and what the original page URL is so that they will not index your duplicates and instead index the original page.

webcosmo · 03-02-2009, 10:45 AM

Good effort. This will solve the problem somewhat for sure.

john06 · 03-03-2009, 03:17 AM

First time I've heard of this. I just got this question, what if the original page is a no index, no follow page?

nancy123 · 03-03-2009, 05:38 AM

Canonical Link help search engines to fine duplicate content problems just we need to add a little line of code in the HEAD Tag <link rel=”canonical” href=”http://www.example.com/example” /> for more information kindly visit http://www.seo.com/blog/search-engin...canonical-tag/

seosean · 03-03-2009, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john06

First time I've heard of this. I just got this question, what if the original page is a no index, no follow page?

Then that page will not show up in the SERPs and I'm guessing neither will the duplicate pages.

**juliensimon** · 03-03-2009, 05:27 PM

The canonical attribute helps sepcify which url you want Google to index. It kinda works as a redirect but only within the same domain.

For a redirect between different domain, a 301 is still the best choice.

here is more information about it:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogsp...canonical.html

I think this article sums it up pretty well

govindseo · 03-04-2009, 01:52 AM

yup i read from another forum about Canonical Link
may be it's give some help you: http://www.webcosmoforums.com/search...-link-tag.html

Thanks!!

Viky · 03-04-2009, 04:26 AM

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogsp...canonical.html
this link will help you to understand exactly what is the deal....

shivanikapoor · 03-04-2009, 05:00 AM

301 redirect is the best method to preserve your current search engine rankings when redirecting web pages or a web site. The code "301" is interpreted as "moved permanently". After the code, the URL of the missing or renamed page is noted, followed by a space, then followed by the new location or file name. You implement the 301 redirect by creating a .htaccess file.

nullnill · 03-04-2009, 08:33 AM

It's a new thing, supported by Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and probalby others.
The purpose of it is to be some sort of 301 redirect, but as a link within html, not actualy performing a redirect, but letting the crawlers, robots, indexers, know which page is which and from what category and help reduce "duplicate content".

**juliensimon** · 03-04-2009, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viky

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogsp...canonical.html
this link will help you to understand exactly what is the deal....

I posted the exact same link two posts above yours

blazintech · 03-04-2009, 09:41 AM

to avoid duplicate content. i've watch the video and it's a good idea. but my question is, how can you apply it if you are using a CMS?

webmehul · 03-04-2009, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blazintech

to avoid duplicate content. i've watch the video and it's a good idea. but my question is, how can you apply it if you are using a CMS?

As per your CMS system you need to apply an condition to apply that means you need to modify you header file of the CMS system. Which CMS you are using it?

RawDepth · 03-04-2009, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by juliensimon

I posted the exact same link two posts above yours

I wonder if the Canonical element will help us resolve duplicate posts/links in a forum thread.

(Tee hee, just kidding.

)

**juliensimon** · 03-04-2009, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RawDepth

I wonder if the Canonical element will help us resolve duplicate posts/links in a forum thread.

(Tee hee, just kidding.

)

full house · 03-04-2009, 05:54 PM

I just recently read about canonical tags, is this really helpful? I haven't heard about canonical links, this is new to me. . .

webmehul · 03-05-2009, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by full house

I just recently read about canonical tags, is this really helpful? I haven't heard about canonical links, this is new to me. . .

This is a new for every one but as per google webmaster blog other search engines like ask, yahoo, and live support this tag

antirem · 03-05-2009, 11:15 AM

Its a great new way of redirecting google from one page to another on your page.