SEO advice: url canonicalization
- 19th Oct 2006
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Thanks to MaxD for posting this..
You index page gone MIA Dave
well it looks like google has it’s url canonicalization problems back again.. ok I show you how I would fix it.
first off, what is a Google url canonicalization error, well it’s when Google miss handles your url.
www.davidnaylor.co.uk v davidnaylor.co.uk.
well I www.davidnaylor.co.uk has Ranked #1 for DaveN, dave naylor and david naylor for ages.. and today I see this.
not good I guess. ok so this is what i’m going to do
a) setup a 301 in a mod rewrite ..
[code]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L,QSA]
b) set the www default in Google Webmaster Tools (sitemaps)
c) wait and see what happens, of course it could be a ban or something maybe Matt didn’t like me offering seo advice to my readers or the fact I got more readers than him heheh :) .. lol
DaveN
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if you only have access to htcaccess which a good number will only have then you can do the following:
http://www.threadwatch.org/node/2817#comment-16701
I am not sure why they struggle with this.
> if you only have access to htcaccess which a good number will only have
Except for all the ones on IIS - they usually have access to nothing (unless its dedicated server where they put an ISAPI filter on) :)
i was going to mention the poor buggers on IIS, but they are animals, so who cares lol
Dave,
It’s worse for you here (in Boston). You come up 8th for the same search. You can see the screenshot here:
http://www.stonetemple.com/images/DaveNaylor.gif
IIS users can use PHP or ASP to create a 301 header redirect. If you scroll further down in the threadwatch link posted by ukgimp you’ll get the PHP for it - http://www.threadwatch.org/node/2817#comment-16721
Wow… you’re so cool that I can buy you on eBay. I guess that’s just one-upping Dax, who only sold his moustache. Good show.
The approach you describe will work perfectly. I have been doing this with my domains for years now, and it helps with both analytics and SEO.
UKgimp hates the poor people on IIS. You used to be poor once!!! ;)