Nov 19 2009

Back to Basics: Fixing Canonicalization Issue

*The following tip was  shared by Eric Gesinski from Tulsa SEO* Editor's note: While this issue is well discussed in SEO circles, the post serves as a good reminder - don't miss it! One element to SEO that web designers sometimes miss is a big one: canonicalization. While you may know about it, you have to realize the impact it has on SEO is a major one. This is an issue that is definitely worth fixing; you may see your site jump a few positions if you correct this issue on a site that needs it. What exactly is canonicalization? In SEO, it's a reference to the different ways you can access a site. I'll use "dailyseotip.com" as an example (even though...

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SEO for e-Commerce Sites: Dealing with Out-of-Stock Product Pages

The following tips are from Ran of Wood and Beyond Here are my 2 tips as to how we deal with product discontinuation to preserve some SEO value and to shift authority gained from indexed products. Hopefully you'd like my tips and I suspect other e-commerce sites might benefit from them as well. Problem: Having products discontinue or out of stock is a real challenge for us,...

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Does 301-Redirect Transfer the Penalty?

Getting penalized is every webmaster's nightmare. Even if you are completely innocent (which is unlikely as penalties seldom happen without a reason), figuring that out may take months which can actually ruin your business. One theoretical way to quickly to solve the problem might be a 301 redirect following the logic: 301 redirect "transfers" the link power (which means links pointing to one particular domain will now point to a new one); By transferring the link power, 301-redirect...

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Preventing Duplicate Content With .htaccess File: Beginner’s Guide

Friday SEO tip is provided by Fabio Ricotta who works for the Brazilian company MestreSEO. Follow Fabio on Twitter. 1. You can access your domain with and without www. Eg.: mysite.com and www.mysite.com return the same content. This is a common problem and you can solve it by using this code in your .htaccess file: Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on rewritecond %{http_host} ^mysite.com [L] rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/$1 [r=301,L] Replace mysite.com and www.mysite.com...

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