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Blog Posts Tagged 'canonical'*Practical uses for the new Google cross-domain canonical link elementPosted on 18th December 2009 at 1:14 pm by Simon Howland
The cross-domain canonical link element, albeit only currently supported by Google, is a welcome addition to the webmaster's toolkit. Read on for practical examples of how you can use it in your SEO campaigns. So what's wrong with duplicate content?Posted on 22nd October 2009 at 12:10 pm by Rik Stewart
There are very few occasions when duplicate content is a good thing. The search engines are not fond of it; it takes up unnecessary space in their indices and, in some cases, stops them from showing the right page. Google Parameter Handling toolPosted on 22nd September 2009 at 8:48 am by Rik Stewart
The usefulness of Google Webmaster Tools has just gone up another notch. Google has introduced a feature that allows a webmaster to suggest which URL parameters it should ignore. Defining the CanonicalPosted on 24th March 2009 at 5:16 pm by Rik Stewart
Checking a dictionary will tell you that the adjective canonical comes from the noun canon, meaning a rule as in canon law especially pertaining to the Christian Church, authoritative, accurate and other similar meanings. This goes some way to explaining its use in the SEO industry. Ask.com also supporting the new canonical tagPosted on 24th February 2009 at 11:25 am by Ian Macfarlane
Number four search engine Ask has joined the other three major search engines in supporting the new "canonical tag" - this is great news for webmasters as they can now use this new search technology on all of the "Big Four" search engines. The canonical tag - A fantastic new tool to combat duplicate contentPosted on 13th February 2009 at 5:00 pm by Ian Macfarlane
The top three search engines have jointly announced a new meta tag to help combat the issue of duplicate content. We look through the potential uses of this new tag, show the places where it shouldn't be used and illustrate where it's a fantastic new addition to the SEO toolbox. * Some posts may be tagged with a synonym of the tag that you have chosen. |