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Simon Attfield
21,073 PointsCanonicalization or @media print
Hi Everyone,
Just finished the SEO course (which was awesome!). There's a section about including the rel="canonical" in a link tag on duplicated content, including pages for print. Does this differ from using '@media print' in your CSS? Is one way better than the other? Have i completely missed the point?
Help would be really appreciated.
Many Thanks, Simon.
2 Answers
Calvin Nix
43,828 PointsHi Simon,
From what I recall you would include rel="canonical" to specify duplicate content because SEO will normally penalize your website for duplicate content. By including rel="canonical" you are essentially saying "Hey I know this is duplicate content but I have a good reason for using this again".
Please let me know if this helps.
Simon Attfield
21,073 PointsHay Calvin, thanks for replying.
So the canonical page dosen't negatively effect your page ranking. Got ya. Cheers sir.
I'm just wondering now if using media queries instead of a dedicated print page effects the SEO? Or makes no odds at all. A Canonical page won't increase rankings surely so therfore I suspect media queries could be seen as a more semantic option.
Unless the added CSS effects the load speed of the site. Which would be bad.
Maybe I'm just over thinking it.... :)
Calvin Nix
43,828 PointsExactly! You got it.