Comments on: Three Canonicalization Problems Fixed with .htaccess http://www.intelligentpositioning.com/blog/2010/05/three-canonicalization-problems-fixed-with-htaccess/ SEO web development social media consulting Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:58:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul http://www.intelligentpositioning.com/blog/2010/05/three-canonicalization-problems-fixed-with-htaccess/#comment-9696 Paul Mon, 10 May 2010 10:22:53 +0000 http://www.ip-seo.com/latest/?p=701#comment-9696 Hi All, i found this really informative. I really like the way in which apache works however, I have a friend's website that's on both http and https. Should I be 301 redirecting the https to http? and if so, does anyone know the correct approach for doing this on IIS? Hi All, i found this really informative.

I really like the way in which apache works however, I have a friend’s website that’s on both http and https. Should I be 301 redirecting the https to http? and if so, does anyone know the correct approach for doing this on IIS?

]]> By: andrew http://www.intelligentpositioning.com/blog/2010/05/three-canonicalization-problems-fixed-with-htaccess/#comment-9570 andrew Wed, 05 May 2010 09:02:03 +0000 http://www.ip-seo.com/latest/?p=701#comment-9570 Hi Andrea, Thanks for the feedback. Could you elaborate a little more on this? Is it the first scenario (htaccess code to enfore a single domain) which has a problem? Hi Andrea,
Thanks for the feedback. Could you elaborate a little more on this? Is it the first scenario (htaccess code to enfore a single domain) which has a problem?

]]> By: Andrew Mabbott http://www.intelligentpositioning.com/blog/2010/05/three-canonicalization-problems-fixed-with-htaccess/#comment-9568 Andrew Mabbott Wed, 05 May 2010 08:41:12 +0000 http://www.ip-seo.com/latest/?p=701#comment-9568 Good question, David. My preference would always be to enforce a single URL via redirects wherever possible as this may provide a slightly better experience for users than the canonical tag and it also helps to ensure that all inbound links point to the same URL. I think the canonical tag is more useful in a situation where multiple URLs are required to effect a slight variation in content (such as ?sort=asc vs. ?sort=desc) but only one version of the page needs to be indexed by search engines. Of course, the canonical tag could be considered for any of the above scenarios if a redirect is not possible (mod_rewrite not enabled, non-Apache server etc.) Good question, David.

My preference would always be to enforce a single URL via redirects wherever possible as this may provide a slightly better experience for users than the canonical tag and it also helps to ensure that all inbound links point to the same URL.

I think the canonical tag is more useful in a situation where multiple URLs are required to effect a slight variation in content (such as ?sort=asc vs. ?sort=desc) but only one version of the page needs to be indexed by search engines.

Of course, the canonical tag could be considered for any of the above scenarios if a redirect is not possible (mod_rewrite not enabled, non-Apache server etc.)

]]> By: David Streater http://www.intelligentpositioning.com/blog/2010/05/three-canonicalization-problems-fixed-with-htaccess/#comment-9561 David Streater Tue, 04 May 2010 17:34:20 +0000 http://www.ip-seo.com/latest/?p=701#comment-9561 How does the canonicalization tag fit into this? And is it ok to use one? How does the canonicalization tag fit into this? And is it ok to use one?

]]> By: Andrea Moro http://www.intelligentpositioning.com/blog/2010/05/three-canonicalization-problems-fixed-with-htaccess/#comment-9560 Andrea Moro Tue, 04 May 2010 16:59:59 +0000 http://www.ip-seo.com/latest/?p=701#comment-9560 I'm not an expert of .htaccess file, but it looks like the Second chunk of snippets doesn't match with the description provided. I’m not an expert of .htaccess file, but it looks like the Second chunk of snippets doesn’t match with the description provided.

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