3. What is Canonicalisation Simply put, it’s... The process of establishing a single URL as the location of a web document. Ensuring that although you may be able to arrive to a page via multiple paths or addresses, there is only one final address which will be resolved by the server. www.LearnSEOandWebDesign.com
4. A search engine deems these examples as different URLs or Duplicate Content! http://www.url.com http://url.com http://www.url.com/index www.url.com Even though, to you and me they go to the same place. www.LearnSEOandWebDesign.com
5. So what do we do? The standard practice in SEO is to set up a permanent redirectOften known as a 301 redirect.We can do this very easily by setting up just one root file! www.LearnSEOandWebDesign.com
6. 1. Open a note pad document and copy and paste the following code into it www.LearnSEOandWebDesign.com
7. 2. Save it as .htaccess (remember the ‘ . ’) 3. Upload this to your Root Folder That’s it!You’ve Canonicalised your domain www.LearnSEOandWebDesign.com