Comments on: Search Engine Optimization Tip 28: The Canonical Tag http://www.vizioninteractive.com/search-engine-optimization-tip-28-the-canonical-tag/ Search Engine Optimization Company Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:09:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.vizioninteractive.com/search-engine-optimization-tip-28-the-canonical-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-48340 Tim Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:56:28 +0000 http://www.vizioninteractive.com/search-engine-optimization-tip-28-the-canonical-tag/#comment-48340 One thing that is worth mentioning is that there can be a danger of creating SEO problems, using the canonical tag. I used the canonical tag in my site, and on some pages omitted the second quotation mark, accidently telling google that the correct url was a custom 404 error page! So I had a few well-ranking pages de-indexed, and have my homepage ranking well for some surprising terms. A foolish mistake, that may take a while to fix. I wonder if it is only me who has ever made this mistake...? One thing that is worth mentioning is that there can be a danger of creating SEO problems, using the canonical tag.

I used the canonical tag in my site, and on some pages omitted the second quotation mark, accidently telling google that the correct url was a custom 404 error page! So I had a few well-ranking pages de-indexed, and have my homepage ranking well for some surprising terms. A foolish mistake, that may take a while to fix. I wonder if it is only me who has ever made this mistake…?

]]> By: don tata http://www.vizioninteractive.com/search-engine-optimization-tip-28-the-canonical-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-24487 don tata Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:34:07 +0000 http://www.vizioninteractive.com/search-engine-optimization-tip-28-the-canonical-tag/#comment-24487 i'm still a little bit confuse, for example my site was indexed by google as site.com/index.html instead of site.com so after reading your post if i understand right i should use the Canonical Tag to fix this problem right? Thanks i’m still a little bit confuse, for example my site was indexed by google as site.com/index.html instead of site.com so after reading your post if i understand right i should use the Canonical Tag to fix this problem right? Thanks

]]> By: Juistin Brooke http://www.vizioninteractive.com/search-engine-optimization-tip-28-the-canonical-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-9625 Juistin Brooke Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:38:55 +0000 http://www.vizioninteractive.com/search-engine-optimization-tip-28-the-canonical-tag/#comment-9625 Great info about canonical tag. I myself dont really have a brief concept about it, but through this post, I was enlightened. Thanks much. Great info about canonical tag. I myself dont really have a brief concept about it, but through this post, I was enlightened. Thanks much.

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