Comments on: Rel Canonical Link Tag Element Update http://www.matthewsdiehl.com/seo/rel-canonical-link-tag-element-update/ by Matthew Diehl Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tyler http://www.matthewsdiehl.com/seo/rel-canonical-link-tag-element-update/#comment-392 Tyler Tue, 11 May 2010 13:17:00 +0000 http://www.matthewsdiehl.com/?p=908#comment-392 Hi Matt, I did a post a couple of weeks ago on how to easily implement cross domain canonical link tags with PHP here: http://www.tylernichols.com/seo/dynamic-url-canonicalization It's nice to be able use this method when 301's are not possible Hi Matt,

I did a post a couple of weeks ago on how to easily implement cross domain canonical link tags with PHP here: http://www.tylernichols.com/seo/dynamic-url-canonicalization

It’s nice to be able use this method when 301′s are not possible

]]> By: matthewdiehl http://www.matthewsdiehl.com/seo/rel-canonical-link-tag-element-update/#comment-389 matthewdiehl Fri, 07 May 2010 14:29:44 +0000 http://www.matthewsdiehl.com/?p=908#comment-389 @Bill - Agreed. Comparing Bing's indexing speed to Google's is like comparing the tortoise to the hare (except the moral will not work out in Bing's favor this time). I will give Bing some more time to get caught up. Then I will update the post if/when they pick up on the rel canonical link tags. @Andy - Not really sure who is using Bing... but we have to be cognitive of what is going on there b/c of the major powered by Bing in Yahoo results coming at year end. @Bill – Agreed. Comparing Bing’s indexing speed to Google’s is like comparing the tortoise to the hare (except the moral will not work out in Bing’s favor this time). I will give Bing some more time to get caught up. Then I will update the post if/when they pick up on the rel canonical link tags.

@Andy – Not really sure who is using Bing… but we have to be cognitive of what is going on there b/c of the major powered by Bing in Yahoo results coming at year end.

]]> By: Andy @ FirstFound http://www.matthewsdiehl.com/seo/rel-canonical-link-tag-element-update/#comment-388 Andy @ FirstFound Fri, 07 May 2010 13:48:11 +0000 http://www.matthewsdiehl.com/?p=908#comment-388 Why do people use Bing? It's just another indication that they don't really know what they're doing. Why do people use Bing? It’s just another indication that they don’t really know what they’re doing.

]]> By: Bill Marshall http://www.matthewsdiehl.com/seo/rel-canonical-link-tag-element-update/#comment-387 Bill Marshall Fri, 07 May 2010 13:25:14 +0000 http://www.matthewsdiehl.com/?p=908#comment-387 Interesting result Matthew, particularly with Yahoo which compares with their apparent inability to handle 301s. I often see pages appearing in their index which have been 301'nd for months and sometimes years. I suspect Bing is just slow at spidering - their index took far longer than expected to mature after they took over from MSN/Live and changes seem to take ages to appear. Geo-location also seems to be a problem for them. Haven't been a big fan of the canonical tag as I prefer to fix things structurally when possible, but good to know that Google seems to be making good use of it. Interesting result Matthew, particularly with Yahoo which compares with their apparent inability to handle 301s. I often see pages appearing in their index which have been 301′nd for months and sometimes years.

I suspect Bing is just slow at spidering – their index took far longer than expected to mature after they took over from MSN/Live and changes seem to take ages to appear. Geo-location also seems to be a problem for them.

Haven’t been a big fan of the canonical tag as I prefer to fix things structurally when possible, but good to know that Google seems to be making good use of it.

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