Comments on: A rel=canonical corner case

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:38:40 +0000

hi matt
can you guide me?
how we want to keep canonical tag into static website?

towards home page ( index.html ) or every page must have its own page redirection?

please tell me

By: Brad Dalton

Brad Dalton — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:23:30 +0000

I lost all my link juice and page rank when changing domains even though i used 301′s on all URL’s to exactly the same content on the new domain.

Keywords are coming back on at 200 a day so this will take 8 weeks to get all keywords indexed again

Without PR and domain authority the keywords won’t rank where there did in the SERPS so i have to wait 3 months for the next PR update

Here are the facts showing actual screenshots from Google Webmaster Tools
http://wpsites.net/seo/what-happens-to-your-keyword-search-queries-when-you-change-domains/

You info is out of date Matt

By: Rick Piazza

Rick Piazza — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:38:05 +0000

If there is not much lost here with rel=canonical with relation to page rank why worry that much about it? If its very little difference then why the concern over it? Just curious

By: Bhanu

Bhanu — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:50:04 +0000

Hi,

I am having a Magenot based website, I have a question related to the Meta Description.

All the Product pages on my website have “TOTALLY” different content, but what if all the product pages in a particular category have nearly same Meta Description.

Example:
Their are 2 Products in a same category.
Both have Totally different Content on Page.
But have nearly same meta description.

So, will it penalize my website.

Thanks in advance.

By: Louis Rix

Louis Rix — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:00:42 +0000

Quick question regarding the code.

Does it matter which way round the tag appears or do both of the following work?

By: Matt Shuey

Matt Shuey — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:40:58 +0000

Good explanation of how to properly use 301 Re-directs. I always though that rel=canonical was the best way to go but this video explains it much more thoroughly. Thanks!

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:20:06 +0000

Thanks for clarifying this issue Matt. Despite the horrid name, rel canonicals are no longer so scary Keep up the good work – us webmasters really do appreciate it.

By: John

John — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:47:14 +0000

Hi Matt

My ecommerce site doesn’t use the canonical, do you think I need to add it to our site, I have read a few blogs where people have had pages de-indexed because of this tag but I guess thats just speculation?

By: Rama Banerjee

Rama Banerjee — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:59:20 +0000

Thanks for the information about ‘rel=canonical’. To be truth i had no such knowledge about this but thanks for the information now quite clear. Thanks so much Matt.

By: Nilay Thakur

Nilay Thakur — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:17:40 +0000

Thanks for your helpful post.

Some days ago I saw a post on this matter in a forum. Many people answering there but it was not very clear to me. But now, I totally understand the ‘rel=canonical’ case. Thanks again….

Please tell me one thing – After using canonical tag, will the duplicate page get re-indexed or not?