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Saturday, April 30th, 2011The Google Canonical Problem
Saturday, January 16th, 2010Did you know that Google sees www.lonebird.com and lonebird.com as two different sites?
This is called the Google Canonical Problem, and it will not only have a negative affect on your hit count and your page rank but can get you dinged for duplicate content. This is really vital to you SEO content people. This is also a further spot for me to reinforce a touch I feel very strongly: your SEO and code writer need to be joined at the hip.
So what is canonicalization? According to Google it is the process of picking the best URL when there are several choices, and it usually refers to the home pages. Here is a better example: take lonebird.com, www.lonebird.com, www.lonebird.com/index.html, lonebird.com/home.asp. To most of us these are the same. But technically they are four different URLs. In theory, during a search a web server could return completely different content for all four. When Google “canonicalizes” a URL, they try to pick the best expressive from that set.
Now that we know what canonicalization is the next question should be, how is your website indexed and how can you tell? Simple. Go to Google and type “site:your-domain.com” in the search bar. What you should see is a list of all the pages Google has indexed. Now type in “site:www.your-domain.com”. Do the search results show the same number of pages? If not, then you may have a problem.
So how do we get Google to pick the URL we want and what do we do with the listings that are by now out there? The best first step starts with the site itself. Be consistent with your internal links. In my Asheville web design company, I am consistent across the entire site. Don’t make half of the links go to sitename.com and the other half go to www.sitename.com. Pick the URL you prefer and permanently use that format for your internal links. Next, be consistent with listing the site. When listing and indexing the site be sure to use the same URL.
Now, the overall best solution depends on whether your site is hosted on a Linux or Microsoft server.
For those on Linux the answer is to use mod_rewrite. What is that? It is an Apache module which will involuntarily map all requests to a single and consistent URL. In the end you add a fleeting script to the htaccess.txt file located in the server root:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^expression-web-tutorials.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.expression-web-tutorials.com/$1 [R=301,L]
The htaccess.txt file allows you to send instructions to the server on the glide. Obviously you need knowledge of Apache, php and you need server access. Most of you will need to question your code writer or site host to help you with this.
If you are on a Microsoft host the process is similar. Windows uses IIS (Internet Information Air force) and like Apache it uses modules to proffer its education set. These are called ISAPI filters (Internet Air force Application Interface). An ISAPI filter can be used to rewrite URLs just like mod_rewrite. You can write your own ISAPI filter but it can be a small complicated. Your best bet is to search online for a pre written one. Though there are free ones the better examples are paid. Again you will need a small knowledge and you need server access so you may need the help of your site host or developer.
What is the Number One Problem Facing Bloggers Today
Monday, November 23rd, 2009So many blogs on the internet and so many more start everyday. How can I start my own blog? What to do? How to get visitors? This kind of problems are very familiar for the people who start blogging. Let’s look at the number one problem most bloggers face.
And that problem is keeping their blog current. Current meaning posted in on a fixed basis. How many blogs have you seen that start out like gang busters and then have not been written in for several weeks or even several months.
Because people who stay your blog will not come back unless they like what they read you owe it to them to keep it current. At the very least that means a couple of new articles per week. Depending on the theme of your blog it could be more like several times per week. To get as much repeated traffic as possible you have to get on a schedule and stick to it.
If you are not sure how evenly to post look at what your competitors are doing. This is the model you should strive to achieve. If you are into blogging to make cash your income as well as your reputation depends on keeping up with the competition. You just can not do that blogging on an inconsistent basis.
If you were to chart your blog posts and traffic then you would hope to see an arrow pointing up on a steady incline. You would hope to see a straight line across the page if you are just being consistent. If your graph looks like a roller coaster ride you need to find the time to right that.
Many bloggers have full time jobs with family, kids and other things in their lives. This makes it hard to permanently be able to blog. You need to find time everyday to research, write, submit, and social bookmark your posts. Depending on your schedule you may want to make that the same time everyday.
Many bloggers do it first thing everyday previous to they get into their confused schedule. Then if you do miss a day it will not affect you much because you by now have so many posts made. And you will be able to get back on footstep tomorrow.
Know that your blog posts do not have to be 1000 word masterpieces. Many times a well written informative article of 200 words is enough and can be done honestly quickly.
A further thing to look at is writing several posts in advance and then all you have to do is submit them. You may be allowed to schedule (depending on blog platform) when you want the posts to be made ahead of time. This is even better when you have a busy week and do not want to have to remember if you submitted your article that day.
I like writing ahead of schedule for bloggers who are writing a series or on one theme. You can sit down on a sunday and in a couple of hours knock out your total week. Then set it up to publish when you want and you are done for the week.
How vital is posting everyday or on a fixed basis. Major blogs have guest bloggers when they are on vacation or unable to post. One thought is to really have several of your readers write for you. Your readers will delight in that and you can even run contests on who was the best guest blogger for the week.
When you do this make sure you have read some of your guest bloggers articles previous to you agree to let them write for you. It is still your blog and can imitate terrible on you if you have poor feature material in your blog.
So there you have it. Keeping your blog current is the number one problem faced by bloggers today. Hopefully this article has convinced you to work a small harder and not falling into the trap of posting on an irregular basis.