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How to rel-canonical your site out of Google's search index
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Published: Oct 19, 2010 - 02:42 pm
Story Found By: Sebastian 974 Days ago
Category: SEO
Dr. Pete J. Meyers ran a gutsy experiment reproducing mistaken use of the canonical meta element. Good read, esp. the warning "Kids, don't try this at home!".
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from Jill 973 Days ago #
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Everyone who even considers playing with the canonical link element should read this article.


I even admit that I mistakenly once canonicalized all the pages of our High Rankings Forum to the home page once when I wasn't thinking straight! It's not good to have your entire site deindexed. Not good at all!

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