See screenshot: Is this an example of Canonical issue or am I making an error in judgement?
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Hi Mozzers.
Please see the constructed screen grab from Open site explorer.
Do I have canonical Errors with this client?
Thanks!
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Thanks Alan,
I stopped to think because of the canonical tag that everybody now seems to be using for everything everywhere.
I like the 301 because I have total control and the operation happens on my server. (I don't have to worry about search engines getting flaky or treating the canonical differently at some date in the future.) So my gut and brain said use the 301... but I was ready for someone to argue for the canonical.
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Thanks EGOL,
I am not the developer, (or A developer) but I know it is not hard to fix (301). The question remains, is this a canonical issue? How does something like this happen? Thanks E.
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I wouldn't even pause to think. I'd just immediately do the 301 redirect. The fact that both versions are reporting as many links as they do is an indicator of serious link dilution.
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I think that I would do a 301 redirect of domain.com to www.domain.com.
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