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11 years 11 months ago #36 by Donnie
Use of Canonical links for Tag Meta was created by Donnie
Hello!

I've now registered in this forum as you suggested. Maybe you can help me with my problem.

I have a small virtuemart shop with just 6 products. However, with the Virtuemart system it creates several different links for each product (several different links get you to the same product page).
For your information I have Joomla SEF installed.

How can I use the Canonical links to assist this problem? Which link shall I use for the Canonical link - the ones already indexed by Google or the ones in my sitemap?

Any help greatly appreciated - asyou know I am new to all this so an easy explanation would be appreciated. I have downloaded your manual.

Thank you
Donnie

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11 years 11 months ago #37 by Donnie
Replied by Donnie on topic Re: Use of Canonical links for Tag Meta
Hi again,

Maybe if you could send me your email address, then I can send you an example of three links which link to the same product page. You could then show me how to make one of them a Canonical link :-) That would be great. I have decided that the canonical link should be the one used in my sitemap.

Awaiting you reply. Thanks again

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11 years 11 months ago #38 by admin
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Hi Donnie,
I think you should assume as "good URL" the sitemap one, too.

Use info(at)selfget.com to send me some examples. If you are using the last Tag Meta 1.7.1, try to add this in the canonical field:
{scheme}://{host}{routeurl}

For any page with "wrong" URL, then call the URL, ensure the rule is used (check the hits counter or add a temporary string to a meta field) and check if the canonical URL is what you need.

Kind regards,
Luigi

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11 years 11 months ago #39 by Donnie
Replied by Donnie on topic Re: Use of Canonical links for Tag Meta
Hi Luigi,

I sent you an email :)

Regarding previous post in this forum, I have Version 1.3.1 Community of Tag Meta.
What would adding {scheme}://{host}{routeurl} in the Canonical field actually do?

Maybe you can clarify this once you read my email. Many thanks.

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11 years 11 months ago #40 by admin
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I just sent you the answer.
Consider that 1.3.1 is for the old Joomla 1.5 version, and the suggested macros are not supported.

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Luigi

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