Comments on: Canonicalization and 301 redirects http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects Not Your Average Geek Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:14:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: steve http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-1613 steve Mon, 05 May 2008 20:09:03 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-1613 Hi I have just put the redirect code in and literally 10 mins after doing it did a search for google for my domain and it lists it as index of/ with this underneath : Apache/2.0.63 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.0.63 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 Could doing this have caused Google to index it like this. Im not sure how long it has been listed like this Hi

I have just put the redirect code in and literally 10 mins after doing it did a search for google for my domain and it lists it as index of/ with this underneath :

Apache/2.0.63 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.0.63 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4

Could doing this have caused Google to index it like this. Im not sure how long it has been listed like this

]]> By: Trace http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-1446 Trace Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:12:32 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-1446 All of your articles are well written, have great content and are extremely informative... thank you for putting these together, they are extremely helpful! All of your articles are well written, have great content and are extremely informative… thank you for putting these together, they are extremely helpful!

]]> By: theDuck http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-1016 theDuck Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:05:49 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-1016 Ah.. of course you are correct. In .htaccess a full stop (dot) is a reserved character, and the part of any mod rewrite that determines the match should have any full stops escaped with a back slash so that mod-rewrite knows to interpret the full stop literally. Cheers, and I've corrected the example above. On a side note - it's pretty unlikely that canonicalization issues in themselves will cause a major decline in serps, at least not with Google, as Google is usually pretty savvy about 'automagically' detecting which canonical version of the URL is the one it should be working with. Duck Ah.. of course you are correct.

In .htaccess a full stop (dot) is a reserved character, and the part of any mod rewrite that determines the match should have any full stops escaped with a back slash so that mod-rewrite knows to interpret the full stop literally.

Cheers, and I’ve corrected the example above.

On a side note - it’s pretty unlikely that canonicalization issues in themselves will cause a major decline in serps, at least not with Google, as Google is usually pretty savvy about ‘automagically’ detecting which canonical version of the URL is the one it should be working with.

Duck

]]> By: Axle Ryde http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-1015 Axle Ryde Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:58:07 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-1015 I tried copying your code and the server threw a wobbly - it seems you have a missing piece of syntax in the non-www to www sample above? A separate example of this working had a backslash before the .com and is now working for me, so your RewriteCond line above should be: <blockquote><code> RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^utheguru\.com [NC]</code></blockquote> No idea why, but that's what worked for me. Thanks for the pointers by the way - hopefully my client's site will now get back to the high rankings it had before I came along! (skulks away . . .) Cheers - I tried copying your code and the server threw a wobbly - it seems you have a missing piece of syntax in the non-www to www sample above?

A separate example of this working had a backslash before the .com and is now working for me, so your RewriteCond line above should be:


RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^utheguru\.com [NC]

No idea why, but that’s what worked for me.

Thanks for the pointers by the way - hopefully my client’s site will now get back to the high rankings it had before I came along! (skulks away . . .)

Cheers -

]]> By: howtomarketyourstuff.com » Blog Archive » Importance of Canonicalization - SEO http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-738 howtomarketyourstuff.com » Blog Archive » Importance of Canonicalization - SEO Sat, 05 May 2007 09:04:32 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-738 [...] interested. I do have to cite who presented the problem to me initially which is Doc’s site UtheGuru who I thank wholeheartedly for notifying [...] […] interested. I do have to cite who presented the problem to me initially which is Doc’s site UtheGuru who I thank wholeheartedly for notifying […]

]]> By: DuckMan http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-176 DuckMan Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:22:34 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-176 How are you sudiptojoel - If you have specific problems, and want advice, we do offer personalized assistance, but this is a fee for service proposition - generally USD20 would be sufficient for such relatively minor problems. If you need further personal help, feel free to contact me above. TheDuck How are you sudiptojoel - If you have specific problems, and want advice, we do offer personalized assistance, but this is a fee for service proposition - generally USD20 would be sufficient for such relatively minor problems.

If you need further personal help, feel free to contact me above.

TheDuck

]]> By: Sudiptojoel http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-142 Sudiptojoel Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:30:08 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-142 My site seems to have canonicalization problems , kindly help me out to veryfy it and resolve the issue site link: <a href="http://www.smilenprint.com" rel="nofollow">click here</a> My site seems to have canonicalization problems , kindly help me out to veryfy it and resolve the issue site link: click here

]]> By: Sudiptojoel http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-141 Sudiptojoel Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:29:11 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-141 My site seems to have canonicalization problems , kindly help me out to veryfy it and resolve the issue My site seems to have canonicalization problems , kindly help me out to veryfy it and resolve the issue

]]> By: JLH http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-50 JLH Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:48:43 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-50 I also add the lines: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} . RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com [NC] RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.html\ HTTP/ RewriteRule ^index\.html$ http://www.example.com/ [R=301,L] to my .htaccss file that take care of trimming of the index.html portion. Actually I've got a generic version stored somewhere that looks up the domain for you so you don't have to modify example everytime...now where did I put that??? I also add the lines:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.html\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ http://www.example.com/ [R=301,L]

to my .htaccss file that take care of trimming of the index.html portion.

Actually I’ve got a generic version stored somewhere that looks up the domain for you so you don’t have to modify example everytime…now where did I put that???

]]> By: JLH http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-45 JLH Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:40:03 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/301-redirects#comment-45 Good quality nofollow backlinks which is great if you're targeting that 3% of the search market that yahoo and MSN provide! All my Linux stuff is wordpress blogs, in which case I just use the enforce-www plugin. at http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/enforce-www-preference/ I know I'm a good linking neighborhood as Matt linked to me this week and he's not shy about using the nofollow for bad neighborhoods. Good quality nofollow backlinks which is great if you’re targeting that 3% of the search market that yahoo and MSN provide!

All my Linux stuff is wordpress blogs, in which case I just use the enforce-www plugin. at http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/enforce-www-preference/

I know I’m a good linking neighborhood as Matt linked to me this week and he’s not shy about using the nofollow for bad neighborhoods.

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