Category: SEO Tips

Tags: google, seo, relcanonical, canonicalization, 301 redirect, duplicate content

In the 2009 rel=canonical video, you suggest using rel=canonical when we CAN'T use a 301 redirect. But 301s hurt performance; they require browsers to make an extra round-trip to my servers. Shouldn't I use rel=canonical everywhere, instead of 301s? Dan Fabulich, San Francisco, CA Have a question? Ask it in our Webmaster Help Forum: http://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!forum/webmasters Want your question to be answered on a video like this? Follow us on Twitter and look for an announcement when we take new questions: http://twitter.com/googlewmc More videos: http://www.youtube.com/GoogleWebmasterHelp Webmaster Central Blog: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Central: http://www.google.com/webmasters/

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