Canonical URL problem
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On page analysis wanted me to add a canonical url tag. However I added then re ran the on page analysis and it came up with an error. What is the proper way to add a canonical url tag in the head of an index page? ie. add a canonical tag to
would it be
?
Or should I ignore this for a home page?
Because I add it then run the analysis again and get this?
Appropriate Use of Rel Canonical
Moderate fix
<dl>
<dt>Canonical URL</dt>
<dd>"http://www.ensoplastics.com/index.html"</dd>
<dt>Explanation</dt>
<dd>If the canonical tag is pointing to a different URL, engines will not count this page as the reference resource and thus, it won't have an opportunity to rank. Make sure you're targeting the right page (if this isn't it, you can reset the target above) and then change the canonical tag to reference that URL.</dd>
<dt>Recommendation</dt>
<dd>We check to make sure that IF you use canonical URL tags, it points to the right page. If the canonical tag points to a different URL, engines will not count this page as the reference resource and thus, it won't have an opportunity to rank. If you've not made this page the rel=canonical target, change the reference to this URL. NOTE: For pages not employing canonical URL tags, this factor does not apply.</dd>
<dd>So do I add it or not? If I don't I get a lower page rating if I take it off I get a higher page rating with room for improvement. </dd>
</dl>
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ensosplastics.com
www.ensosplastics.com
www.ensosplastics.com/index.htmlall bring the same pages. My suggestion would be:
- redirect all URLs to either www.ensosplastic.com or just ensosplastic.com.
- Google is pretty smart about discovering and judging index.html and / , but better make sure and put a rel="canonical" to either / OR index.html. I would suggest to **use **
- Another suggestion: only use smallcaps and not CamelCase in URLs and folders (i.e. (/aboutus/aboutus.html NOT /AboutUs/AboutUs.html). You might even want to drop the folder altogether and just use /pagename.html
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When I go to your domain, it resolves as www.Ensosplastics.com. When I click on Home Page, it resolves as www.ensoplastics.com/index.html. Have you tried using:
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