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canonical links are only hints to google (all be it very strong) they always reserve the right to ignore it if they think a webmaster is shooting themselves in
by nulluk 14y ago
canonical links are only hints to google (all be it very strong) they always reserve the right to ignore it if they think a webmaster is shooting themselves in the foot, that in itself is where the problem is. If I built up a few hundred links to example.com/1234-this-site-sucks I'm sure google would think that is the correct url rather than the canonical link version of example.com/1234-the-real-slug
- fnulp 14y agoYeah, and? That still doesn't mean Google et al. think you have, and penalizes you for, "duplicate content". I cut off the quote after that for a reason -- you totally lost me on the "malicious" stuff. Google bombs? People still care about those, really? I say you're wasting resources on fighting non-problem, hence creating a problem ^^
- underwater 14y agoFYI: the word you wanted is "albeit".