My Website - Domain Canonicalization Issue

Sean101 · 11-08-11, 01:52 AM

I am using "SEO Engine" to crawl my website & tell me things that need improved.
It is saying my website has "Domain Canonicalization Issue".

The SEO Engine help page says..
"This occurs when your Web Server is serving the same data on different Subdomains. For example, http://www.mydomain.com and http://mydomain.com returning the same data would be a Domain Canonicalization Issue."

I don't have any sub-domains! So i dont understand that!
I think this problem is causing other problems too! SEO Engine is also saying..
"Exact Duplicate Webpages are present"
"Duplicate META Titles are present"
"Duplicate META Descriptions are present"

I dont know how this can be because my website only has one page!

Can anybody help me with this at all?
Any pointers on how to solve this issue?
I dont understand it, to be able to try fix lol

Thanks!

**xploit** · 12-08-11, 11:02 PM

Check out these URLs

SEO advice: url canonicalization

and

301 Redirect - How to create Redirects

drunkenfcuk · 16-08-11, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean101

I am using "SEO Engine" to crawl my website & tell me things that need improved...

OK, I decided to try SEO Engine on my own site, following your post. Got the report, which started by telling me that my SEO Engine SEO score was 92.68%. Great, I thought. But then it lists some errors, one of which was External Outgoing Link Loss (trademarked apparently... odd). Had no idea what that was so I did a bit of Googling on the subject. Was brought to SEO Engine's help page first of all, but that just confused me more. Found a page on About.com that said having external links to reputable websites (which I do) is actually a good thing, as it lends credibility to your own website.

Only been using SEO Engine for a hour, but already I'm not too struck on it. I'm always wary of sites that are constantly trying to get you to buy something from them, and any site that is pushing its affiliate program as much as SEO Engine does always makes me think twice about handing over any money! Just my two cents!

If you want a proper detailed report, try Fiverr.com. I paid $5 for one, and it was very comprehensive. Happy to provide a link if you're interested

Sean101 · 16-08-11, 11:21 PM

I am starting to think SEO Engine isnt the best aswell lol. Got told about Coffie Cup though, i requested a report on my website, it looks to be better.

About the domain canonicalization issue..
I got told on another forum that if i can edit my <head> then add <link rel='canonical' href='http://domain/path/file' /> to it, changing the "http://domain/path/file" to the URL i want search engines to use as the real/main URL. This will solve the problem.
Not sure tho & i cant try it out because i cant get access the the <head> of my page.

Im using webstarts hosting & the site builder is webstarts too.
Do you know if thi will work when i do fiqure out how to edit the <head> using this service.

11-08-11, 01:52 AM	#1
Sean101 iPod Nano 2GB Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Scotland, UK. Posts: 122	My Website - Domain Canonicalization Issue I am using "SEO Engine" to crawl my website & tell me things that need improved. It is saying my website has "Domain Canonicalization Issue". The SEO Engine help page says.. "This occurs when your Web Server is serving the same data on different Subdomains. For example, http://www.mydomain.com and http://mydomain.com returning the same data would be a Domain Canonicalization Issue." I don't have any sub-domains! So i dont understand that! I think this problem is causing other problems too! SEO Engine is also saying.. "Exact Duplicate Webpages are present" "Duplicate META Titles are present" "Duplicate META Descriptions are present" I dont know how this can be because my website only has one page! Can anybody help me with this at all? Any pointers on how to solve this issue? I dont understand it, to be able to try fix lol Thanks! __________________ Xbox Forum l Xbox Game Reviews l Best Xbox 360 Games l Free Stuff Online l Win Prizes l My Artwork Blog

12-08-11, 11:02 PM	#2
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16-08-11, 11:21 PM	#4
Sean101 iPod Nano 2GB Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Scotland, UK. Posts: 122	I am starting to think SEO Engine isnt the best aswell lol. Got told about Coffie Cup though, i requested a report on my website, it looks to be better. About the domain canonicalization issue.. I got told on another forum that if i can edit my <head> then add <link rel='canonical' href='http://domain/path/file' /> to it, changing the "http://domain/path/file" to the URL i want search engines to use as the real/main URL. This will solve the problem. Not sure tho & i cant try it out because i cant get access the the <head> of my page. Im using webstarts hosting & the site builder is webstarts too. Do you know if thi will work when i do fiqure out how to edit the <head> using this service. __________________ Xbox Forum l Xbox Game Reviews l Best Xbox 360 Games l Free Stuff Online l Win Prizes l My Artwork Blog Last edited by Sean101; 16-08-11 at 11:24 PM..