bflicker from Los Angeles, CA asks: "If we were to syndicate my written content (entire articles) to multiple domains then would we be able to use the imminent cross-domain link rel="canonical" tag to confirm which site we would like to index for a … [Read more...]
Do links to non-canonical URLs pass any value to the canonical version?
Stav Zilbershtein from Israel asks: "Hi Matt, what if there are external links to a URL that is not the canonical one? Does the power of links passes on to the original URL or does links pointing to a non orinigal URL gets lost when using canonical … [Read more...]
Does rel=”canonical” make it safe to use tracking parameters?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video. Nick from Chicago asked: Does the new canonicalization tag make it safe to add tracking arguments to some my … [Read more...]
Should large corporations use rel=canonical?
On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video. Terry Cox from Orlando, FL asked: In regards to the new canonicalization tag, does it make sense for large … [Read more...]