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Using Permanent Redirects for Canonical URLs

Posted by sean on 23 Feb 2007 at 2:49 pm under SEO

What are Canonical URLs?
The preferred address of a domain, which can be two different URLs. Although, both can be used to access the same domain/website, shown in the below example; www.yoursite.com or yoursite.com
Follow the simple example below to redirect canonical URLs on your domain. Setting a 301 (permanent) redirect from yoursite.com to www.yoursite.com.
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