Jan 18 2010

6 (Effective and Not) Ways to Remove the Page from Search Engine Results

*The guest tip is by Umair Asif* There are times when we would like Google and other search engines to completely remove a URL from search engine results. These would be incidents like accidentally leaving personal information on the web page or website being bombarded with spammers, etc. In these critical moments, webmasters can take several actions to remove the URL of a page but with so many alternatives, it sometimes becomes difficult to ascertain that your chosen method is the most viable option. Matt Cutts, in his explanation, provided very lucid information in this video which I thought needs sharing. There are primarily six methods used by webmasters to remove a URL from SERP but, ironically...

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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...

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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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