SEO advice: url canonicalization
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
ukgimp 2404 days ago
http://www.ukgimp.co.ukif 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.
Mikkel deMib Svendsen 2404 days ago
http://www.demib.com> 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)
ukgimp 2404 days ago
http://www.ukgimp.co.uki was going to mention the poor buggers on IIS, but they are animals, so who cares lol
Eric Enge 2404 days ago
http://www.stonetemple.com/blogDave,
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
SarahG 2403 days ago
http://www.sarahfreelance.co.ukIIS 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
Brian Mark 2400 days ago
http://blogs.toolbarn.com/brianm/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.
Nate K 2390 days ago
http://www.theklaibers.comThe 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.
Richardb 2387 days ago
UKgimp hates the poor people on IIS. You used to be poor once!!!