<link> tag to reduce duplicate content

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guysaban's picture

I just came across an article on www.websitemagazine.com about <link> tags being used to minimize the problem of duplicate content. Anyone know of a module or manageable techinique to add URL information to the header within a <link> tag?

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Drupal module

Z2222's picture

Drupal module here:
http://yoast.com/canonical-url-links/

Still beta though.

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Thanks

guysaban's picture

Thanks for the link.

canonical URLs

Z2222's picture

I took a closer look at that module and it's just the Global Redirect Module with a couple of extra lines in it.

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Dupe Content

Coupon Code Swap's picture

Isn't it easier and less bloated to use .htaccess + robots.txt to eliminate duplicate content? No need to add extra code on each page just to prevent duplicate content.

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canonical URLs

Z2222's picture

I agree... I don't think it's important on most Drupal sites. Most duplicate content on Drupal sites comes from robots.txt problems.

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Canonical Links

guysaban's picture

For those interested SEOmoz has a good article about canconical link: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/canonical-url-tag-the-most-important-advancem...