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08-02-2009, 07:37 PM
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|  301 Redirect for Blog and SEO question...
So I have a new blog, and I'm hearing or reading that you want to make sure you have one main url for your site either with a www or without. The reason, is you loose "link juice". So how do I make my site stay with a www and how do I do this so it doesn't affect my site pages that are already indexed? I'm a bit confused on this. Thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, I hope I'm making sense. I'm just looking for the easiest method and don't want to screw this up. Thanks! |
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08-02-2009, 08:05 PM
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| Re: 301 Redirect for Blog and SEO question...
Add this tag into the <head> of your site code: <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.yourdomain.com/" /> |
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08-02-2009, 08:10 PM
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| Re: 301 Redirect for Blog and SEO question...
Where at, I'm using Wordpress? Sure this won't mess anything up as far as my indexed articles?
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08-02-2009, 08:16 PM
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| Re: 301 Redirect for Blog and SEO question...
I don't use Wordpress, but look for the <head> and </head> tags at the beginning of your site code. Place that tag anywhere between <head> and </head> Here's a link to a video of Matt Cutts explaining how/why it works: |
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08-02-2009, 08:19 PM
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| Re: 301 Redirect for Blog and SEO question...
You can also set up a re-direct on http://yoursite.com, re-directing to http://www.yoursite.com. You can do this through your hosting provider control panel, or just ask your hosting provider to set it up for you. It's a very standard setting and many hosting providers set it up without you even having to ask. Cheers, Martin. |
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08-02-2009, 08:22 PM
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| Re: 301 Redirect for Blog and SEO question...
Hey Martin, yeah I know how to do that I just wanted to make sure it won't mess up my indexed articles. It is safe, right?
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08-02-2009, 08:39 PM
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| Re: 301 Redirect for Blog and SEO question...
If you are using WordPress you shouldn't need to do it. What is your blog?
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08-02-2009, 08:44 PM
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| Re: 301 Redirect for Blog and SEO question...
Dayne, hi, Perfectly safe because they use a 301 redirect (permanent). Cheers, Martin. |
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08-02-2009, 09:12 PM
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| Re: 301 Redirect for Blog and SEO question...
Ok great, it looks like I don't need to do anything at all then. Nice  |
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