Comments on: Q and A: How important is domain canonicalization to SEO? http://www.ask-kalena.com/seo/q-and-a-how-important-is-domain-canonicalization-to-seo/ Your Daily Search Engine Advice Column Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: SEO Nottingham http://www.ask-kalena.com/seo/q-and-a-how-important-is-domain-canonicalization-to-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-81876 SEO Nottingham Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:39:21 +0000 http://www.ask-kalena.com/?p=1856#comment-81876 I've always found specifying your preferred URL in Google Webmaster Tools works best, this is something I always do when setting up a new website to avoid this problem. Also as Asif said above, using absolute URLs is another great way of combating the problem. BTW great post :-) I’ve always found specifying your preferred URL in Google Webmaster Tools works best, this is something I always do when setting up a new website to avoid this problem.

Also as Asif said above, using absolute URLs is another great way of combating the problem.

BTW great post :-)

]]> By: Asif Anwar http://www.ask-kalena.com/seo/q-and-a-how-important-is-domain-canonicalization-to-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-81353 Asif Anwar Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:36:43 +0000 http://www.ask-kalena.com/?p=1856#comment-81353 Kalena & Alex, I believe Google and other search engines have their own way of detecting the really deserving content. And if it is not happening for your site, then you are doing something wrong. But, you have to show them that the www site is more important than the other. Another strategy I'd suggest, is the use of absolute URLs. i.e. instead of using /blog/index.html in links, use http://www.example.com/blog/index.html. So that the non-www version also carries the links to the www site. Kalena & Alex, I believe Google and other search engines have their own way of detecting the really deserving content. And if it is not happening for your site, then you are doing something wrong. But, you have to show them that the www site is more important than the other.

Another strategy I’d suggest, is the use of absolute URLs. i.e. instead of using /blog/index.html in links, use http://www.example.com/blog/index.html. So that the non-www version also carries the links to the www site.

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