Seo
quick onsite SEO techniques to avoid duplicate content
1. redirect index.php to your main page
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.yoursite.com/ [R=301,L]
2. use canonical tag properly, so for http://www.yoursite.com/my-list-of-products?orderby=name&orderway=desc you should have:
3. redirect non-www to www version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [L,R=301]
SEO for starters – Google tutorial
Google webmaster central has made a further step in helping webmaster building their path in the seo business.
Designed for starters, the seo information can be useful for any of us. You can read more from here:
Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide
Update: reading the google’s seo starter guide I’ve noticed a little paragraph about “Don’t forget about offline promotion”:
You could also send out
recurring newsletters to clients through the mail letting them know about new content on the
company’s website.
Isn’t this a similar thing to online spam, just it’s… offline?
Tutorial – How Google works
The following video tutorials are talking about how google discovers, crawls, indexes your site’s page and how are displayed in the search results.
Discoverability:
Crawling and Indexing:
Ranking – Relevance and importance:
Google resources for webmasters:
Other resources: