Comments on: SEO 101 Series – Canonicalisation Issues

By: Lisa Myers

Lisa Myers — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:45:19 +0000

Thanks to everyone for their great comments and input !

By: Tom telford

Tom telford — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:32:08 +0000

Nice one – this is a great non-geeky reference-point for explaining the issue (again) to ‘experts’ who know beter! Thanks.

By: Nichola Stott

Nichola Stott — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:27:53 +0000

@Luci – it’s me next with Data Analysis 101!

By: Luci

Luci — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:04:35 +0000

Great post! It’s brilliant to see the issue broken down and explained piece by piece. I think I’ll bookmark it for those ‘blank’ days when i need a refresher, thanks!
What’s next in the 101 Series?

By: Alister on seo

Alister on seo — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:47:31 +0000

A redirect is the best way true, but some hosting companies won’t allow you to create your own .htaccess file and so you have to use more complicated ways around it, if even those are available to you.

By: Andy Williams | Impact Media

Andy Williams | Impact Media — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:38:17 +0000

Excellent blog post and this will be a very good point of reference to use when recommending this action to clients.

By: Craig Mullins

Craig Mullins — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:41:22 +0000

Check the headers of the server response. Their are many tools and firefox addons to do it….

Here’s a website to make it easy. I like this one because it shows all redirects, not just the first one like many tools…

http://www.seoconsultants.com/tools/headers/

You can also pick your browser/user agent, http protocol and method…

By: g1smd

g1smd — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:11:44 +0000

I assume that you have used the PHP HEADER directive.

You’ll actually need two HEADER directives. One to send the 301 status code, and the other to send the URL you’re redirecting to. If you omit the status code, you’ll get an unwanted 302 redirect instead.

Check the code works by using the Live HTTP Headers extension for Mozilla-based browsers. You should see a single step 301 redirect from one URL to the other, and the final URL returning “200 OK”.

By: Alphonse Ha

Alphonse Ha — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:06:11 +0000

Since you are talking about 301 redirect, I want to ask you and the people who posted comments, do any of you have experience with creating a 301 redirect using PHP?

I am aware of the htaccess file but I am currently working on a site that is using a php command that is doing a permanent redirect but I am not sure if it is really working.

I am concerned that those pages might be “bleeding” juice.

Thanks.

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:33:57 +0000

A useful article to bookmark and then pass on to everyone else I know. When the newbies start asking questions it’s nice to have concisely written articles to refer them too!