Comments on: Domain Canonicalization http://janeandrobot.com/library/domain-canonicalization Search friendly design patterns for web development Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:49:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrea Moro http://janeandrobot.com/library/domain-canonicalization/comment-page-1#comment-431 Andrea Moro Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:55:16 +0000 /post/canonical-url-canonicalization-domain.aspx#comment-431 Hi, just to inform you that all image url are broken and the images are not visible at all. Hi, just to inform you that all image url are broken and the images are not visible at all.

]]> By: Mike Andrew http://janeandrobot.com/library/domain-canonicalization/comment-page-1#comment-420 Mike Andrew Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:24:49 +0000 /post/canonical-url-canonicalization-domain.aspx#comment-420 Great post Nathan, I've only just discovered your site and have bookmarked it now. This article is very simple to understand and I for one will be checking my sites tonight. I also have not specified with Google webmaster tools a preferred domain, but I will now. Thanks again Great post Nathan, I’ve only just discovered your site and have bookmarked it now. This article is very simple to understand and I for one will be checking my sites tonight. I also have not specified with Google webmaster tools a preferred domain, but I will now.

Thanks again

]]> By: Beyond the Sitemap Protocol — jane and robot http://janeandrobot.com/library/domain-canonicalization/comment-page-1#comment-402 Beyond the Sitemap Protocol — jane and robot Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:09:38 +0000 /post/canonical-url-canonicalization-domain.aspx#comment-402 [...] Even though there are many variations, there is always one URL that is the most authoritative for the page. In this case, perhaps it is http://janeandrobot.com/myarticle/. But of course that is for you to define. See this article for more information on canonical URLs. [...] [...] Even though there are many variations, there is always one URL that is the most authoritative for the page. In this case, perhaps it is http://janeandrobot.com/myarticle/. But of course that is for you to define. See this article for more information on canonical URLs. [...]

]]> By: Canocalization issues? | Bruno Mertins | SEO | SEM http://janeandrobot.com/library/domain-canonicalization/comment-page-1#comment-297 Canocalization issues? | Bruno Mertins | SEO | SEM Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:40:01 +0000 /post/canonical-url-canonicalization-domain.aspx#comment-297 [...] is “Canonicalization”? Jane and Robot Bruce Clay Sugar [...] [...] is “Canonicalization”? Jane and Robot Bruce Clay Sugar [...]

]]> By: Honda CBR http://janeandrobot.com/library/domain-canonicalization/comment-page-1#comment-117 Honda CBR Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:39:53 +0000 /post/canonical-url-canonicalization-domain.aspx#comment-117 I like to have my site without the WWW. i feel it makes it state out more in the search engine results!. I also write all of my heads in CAPS. not sure if all this helps but I feel that it does. I like to have my site without the WWW. i feel it makes it state out more in the search engine results!. I also write all of my heads in CAPS. not sure if all this helps but I feel that it does.

]]> By: Nathan Buggia http://janeandrobot.com/library/domain-canonicalization/comment-page-1#comment-116 Nathan Buggia Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:36:44 +0000 /post/canonical-url-canonicalization-domain.aspx#comment-116 [b]@Gustavo[/b] - for the site explorer tool, these are the options I select: (a) Inlinks (b) Show Inlinks: Except from this domain (c) to: Only this URL. What this does is to remove all the links pointing to this page from your website so you can see the effect of external links (which is far more important in ranking to search engines). Here's a link to the site explorer tool with the aforementioned options enabled: http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=http%3A%2F%2Fvisitmix.com&bwm=i&bwmo=d&bwmf=u [b]@Tom Funk[/b] - hey tom, it is completely okay if folks still link to mydomain.com/default.aspx. If you're using the redirect I recommend above, when a search engine encounters this URL, your website will 301 redirect them back to the canonical version, mydomain.com and it will never store the version of the URL with the default filename. [b]@Nisha Singh[/b] - the redirecting should still work in your case as well. I recommend trying it out and then going through all of the test cases I listed above. If they all work, you should be good. [b]@Gustavo[/b] – for the site explorer tool, these are the options I select: (a) Inlinks (b) Show Inlinks: Except from this domain (c) to: Only this URL.

What this does is to remove all the links pointing to this page from your website so you can see the effect of external links (which is far more important in ranking to search engines). Here’s a link to the site explorer tool with the aforementioned options enabled:

http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=http%3A%2F%2Fvisitmix.com&bwm=i&bwmo=d&bwmf=u

[b]@Tom Funk[/b] – hey tom, it is completely okay if folks still link to mydomain.com/default.aspx. If you’re using the redirect I recommend above, when a search engine encounters this URL, your website will 301 redirect them back to the canonical version, mydomain.com and it will never store the version of the URL with the default filename.

[b]@Nisha Singh[/b] – the redirecting should still work in your case as well. I recommend trying it out and then going through all of the test cases I listed above. If they all work, you should be good.

]]> By: Nisha Singh http://janeandrobot.com/library/domain-canonicalization/comment-page-1#comment-115 Nisha Singh Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:26:21 +0000 /post/canonical-url-canonicalization-domain.aspx#comment-115 I think it is great article on domian canonicalization. I have a site on .asp. The site index.asp comes with the home page. Can I redirect it also with 301? One of the my friends told me to don't redirect because it is home page. Suggest me properly. Thanks http://mobilephonesandtechnologies.blogspot.com/ I think it is great article on domian canonicalization. I have a site on .asp. The site index.asp comes with the home page. Can I redirect it also with 301? One of the my friends told me to don’t redirect because it is home page. Suggest me properly.

Thanks
http://mobilephonesandtechnologies.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Tom Funk http://janeandrobot.com/library/domain-canonicalization/comment-page-1#comment-114 Tom Funk Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:24:48 +0000 /post/canonical-url-canonicalization-domain.aspx#comment-114 Oops, sorry, those links rendered weirdly, I hope you can make sense of what i was babbling :) Oops, sorry, those links rendered weirdly, I hope you can make sense of what i was babbling :)

]]> By: Tom Funk http://janeandrobot.com/library/domain-canonicalization/comment-page-1#comment-113 Tom Funk Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:23:06 +0000 /post/canonical-url-canonicalization-domain.aspx#comment-113 Great, great post, Nathan! Thank you! I follow most of it and agree with it, but I have a question. I hear you when you say (item 2) "remove your default filename from the end of your URLs." So you would definitely not 301 www.mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com/default.aspx. You would instead let www.mydomain.com return a "200 Found" header and display the default page via IIS. But what, if anything, do you do to the www.mydomain.com/default.aspx page? Is it appropriate to 301 it to the canonical www.mydomain.com? I worry that even if I myself don't include the default page in my URLs, external sites might somehow directly link to the default page, it could get spidered, etc. and come to have a page rank of its own. Great, great post, Nathan! Thank you! I follow most of it and agree with it, but I have a question.

I hear you when you say (item 2) "remove your default filename from the end of your URLs."

So you would definitely not 301 http://www.mydomain.com to http://www.mydomain.com/default.aspx. You would instead let http://www.mydomain.com return a "200 Found" header and display the default page via IIS.

But what, if anything, do you do to the http://www.mydomain.com/default.aspx page? Is it appropriate to 301 it to the canonical http://www.mydomain.com?

I worry that even if I myself don’t include the default page in my URLs, external sites might somehow directly link to the default page, it could get spidered, etc. and come to have a page rank of its own.

]]> By: auto hifi http://janeandrobot.com/library/domain-canonicalization/comment-page-1#comment-112 auto hifi Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:40:14 +0000 /post/canonical-url-canonicalization-domain.aspx#comment-112 I've heard using this on page redirection may be considered as a 302 redirection in the eyes of crawlers, because at first crawler is going to that page and read the code then it gets the instruction to move to the directed page. regards, <a href="http://www.powernetshop.at/">Auto Hifi</a> I’ve heard using this on page redirection may be considered as a 302 redirection in the eyes of crawlers, because at first crawler is going to that page and read the code then it gets the instruction to move to the directed page.
regards,
<a href="http://www.powernetshop.at/">Auto Hifi</a>

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