What happens when canonical tags get out of control and how can you rein them in? Columnist Patrick Stox shares his findings and insights. Patrick Stox on September 29, 2017 Being a technical SEO, I love digging into any weird problems where things don’t seem to work as expected. Canonical tags seem easy enough, … Continue reading Canonical tags gone wild
Columnist Patrick Stox outlines when to use the canonical tag, as well as some common problems that occur during implementation. Patrick Stox on May 12, 2017 In an ideal world, there would only be one version of each page. Too bad the world is messy and the same content can exist at multiple locations on … Continue reading Canonical tags are easy, right? What’s the worst that could happen?
Duplicate content issues? Problems with your canonical tags? Columnist Marcus Miller explains why these issues occur and how to fix them. Marcus Miller on December 5, 2016 Search engines are getting smarter. There is little doubt about that. However, in a CMS-driven web where content can often exist on several URLs, it is not … Continue reading Canonical chaos: doubling down on duplicate content
Irina Hey, November 1, 2016 Duplicate content is a problem every webmaster will be confronted with at some point. For Google and other search engines, duplicate content is initially not a negative signal. However, identical and similar content from different URLs can cause confusion and lead to ranking problems. To avoid duplicate content, you … Continue reading When Should You Choose Canonical vs. 301 Redirect?
by spaceamoeba As with many areas of the search engine world, there are some grey areas but Google does provides some guidelines on how to manage redirections and what each communicates to the search engine. A 301 Redirect signals to the search engine that the page has been moved permanently, remove the page from the … Continue reading What is the Difference between 301 Redirect and Canonical Attribute
