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Duplicate content no more
Today at SMX West, the three big search engines (Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft) announced a new tag to help reduce duplicate content on the web.
This new tool is called the “canonical tag”. If you’ve spent some time learning about SEO before, I’m sure you’re familiar with the term. Canonical refers to a page that has more than one URL. For example, the www and non-www versions of your web site are considered different sites. Google has had a tool through Webmaster Tools for some time to help with this, but the announcement of this new tag comes from all three search engines meaning that they *should* all obey it.
SEO Myths with WestJet’s Lyndsay Walker – 5 Question Interview
A couple of weeks ago, I was featured on the digital marketing blog OneDegree.com. I discussed SEO Don’ts Myths and Scams, the panel I will be speaking on at Search Engine Strategies Toronto on June 17-18. Hope to see you there – here is the interview.
Robots.txt – Disallow a directory, but allow select files?
In the past, I haven’t done anything overly complicated with robots.txt, and I have a situation I need a little help with.
I have a directory I want to disallow, with the exception of a select few files in that directory. Is there a way I can say “disallow all but
Your help is appreciated!
WestJet’s Hiring: Manager, e-Attraction Web Business
| City: | Calgary | Province: | AB |
| Category: | Marketing/Sales | Job ID: | MK008-08 |
| Posting Date: | January 8, 2008 | Closing Date: | January 28, 2008 |
| Duration: | Full Time | ||
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| Description:Looking for a great place to work? A place where an award-winning culture means empowerment, teamwork and a passion for what you do? Then think WestJet. It’s a great place to land. |
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Hey FlightStats – great customer service!
Not three hours after I posted last month about the incorrect spelling of WestJet in Google’s flight tracking (supplied by www.flightstats.com) I received an email from Conducive Technology Corp’s CEO Jeff Kennedy. He stated that the spelling error had been corrected and would be updated within a few hours.
Actually for a few days the actual word “WestJet” didn’t show up at all, but now I am pleased to say that WestJet is spelled correctly in Google’s FlightStats results.
Thanks to Jeff and the FlightStats team for doing what more people should – watching the web and blogs for any mention of their company name, and going into action when something needs to be done.
dmoz returning from the grave
After a few months of being in a complete coma-induced state, dmoz appears to be showing signs of life.
Now, it’s only the Editor’s Section that’s back online, but submissions should be soon to follow, right? I don’t mind that the editors have some time for theirselves first. Clear out some old crap, some of those submissions that have been sitting in the queue for probably close to year, maybe even more. Or hey – wipe out existing pending submissions altogether and start with a clean slate.
What Google Toolbar PR Update?
Some people reported seeing the Google Toolbar PageRank updating as early as Friday, and Matt has confirmed it on his blog today.
But I see nothing. Now that’s frustrating. If you’re gonna “push the big red button”, why not implement the update across all datacenters? What’s the point of only doing a few at a time – or only a few and that’s it?
Now, I’ve been at this game long enough to know that TBPR doesn’t mean too much in the grand scheme of things, but its nice to know that my link structure is being appreciated. Is that so much to ask?