| Include Cross Domain Canonical URL's in Sitemap - Yes or No? | Product Search Guy | 7/3/12 4:31 PM | I am have several sites that have cross domain canonical tags setup on similar pages. I am unsure if these pages that are canonicalized to a different domain should be included in the sitemap. My first thought is no, because I should only include p |
| Re: Include Cross Domain Canonical URL's in Sitemap - Yes or No? | webado | 7/3/12 10:31 PM | All the urls in a sitemap must be on the same domain (right down to the canonical for and https or https protocol). Cross domain canonical urls are not a good idea. If you have http://example.com/pageA.html and set the canonical to http://example2.com/pageB.html w |
| Re: Include Cross Domain Canonical URL's in Sitemap - Yes or No? | Product Search Guy | 7/6/12 11:46 AM | Sometimes sharing content on multiple sites is a acceptable. To help inform Googlebot that this content is duplicate, a cross domain canonical tag is used. Why do you think they created this tag in the first place? IMHO, it was to address sites tha |
| Re: Include Cross Domain Canonical URL's in Sitemap - Yes or No? | webado | 7/6/12 11:56 AM | Link to the correct site or much better consolidate the sites because they are the same company anyway. Other options: use iframes or noindex one version of the page. |