Comments on: 4 Search Engine Optimization Questions Answered! http://arindamchakraborty.com/4-search-engine-optimization-questions-answered Where Arindam Chakraborty Makes His Most Personal, Secret Posts! Thu, 17 May 2012 06:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Post Room sms http://arindamchakraborty.com/4-search-engine-optimization-questions-answered#comment-6563 Post Room sms Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:18:55 +0000 http://arindamchakraborty.com/?p=386#comment-6563 When I have entered my sitemaps in Google Webmaster tools initially everything was fine.When I later returned to check I had an error on my sitemap.This was due to the canonical URL conflict as the pages in my site varied and not consistent with the one format.This confirms what you have mentioned in your article. When I have entered my sitemaps in Google Webmaster tools initially everything was fine.When I later returned to check I had an error on my sitemap.This was due to the canonical URL conflict as the pages in my site varied and not consistent with the one format.This confirms what you have mentioned in your article.

]]> By: Arindam http://arindamchakraborty.com/4-search-engine-optimization-questions-answered#comment-6562 Arindam Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:50:50 +0000 http://arindamchakraborty.com/?p=386#comment-6562 No it is fine. Just stick with it. If you ever do change your mind you know what to do, hehe :D I seldom use www. part myself, because there is always a chance to forget it. But you cannot forget to add the http:// to ur link part because without it your links would simply not function ;) EDIT: I thought you were asking about onsite SEO. The above article is fine for onsite seo. But when u r building backlinks (offsite seo), I do recommend using variations of the URL to make it look all natural. Here is an article on that topic: http://arindamchakraborty.com/in-link-building-sometimes-it-pays-to-be-different So, for onsite seo, just stick with one canonical URL: either http:// or http://www. But for offsite SEO, I would vary it. This makes the link building look all natural. I must confess tho, I use the http://domain.com format more often than http://www.domain.com. ;) There is however no hard and fast rule in SEO. I am just telling you what *I* do. Feel free to do your own experiments as you may have completely different results! :) No it is fine. Just stick with it. If you ever do change your mind you know what to do, hehe :D I seldom use www. part myself, because there is always a chance to forget it. But you cannot forget to add the http:// to ur link part because without it your links would simply not function ;)

EDIT: I thought you were asking about onsite SEO. The above article is fine for onsite seo. But when u r building backlinks (offsite seo), I do recommend using variations of the URL to make it look all natural. Here is an article on that topic:

http://arindamchakraborty.com/in-link-building-sometimes-it-pays-to-be-different

So, for onsite seo, just stick with one canonical URL: either http:// or http://www. But for offsite SEO, I would vary it. This makes the link building look all natural. I must confess tho, I use the http://domain.com format more often than http://www.domain.com. ;)

There is however no hard and fast rule in SEO. I am just telling you what *I* do. Feel free to do your own experiments as you may have completely different results! :)

]]> By: Chandan http://arindamchakraborty.com/4-search-engine-optimization-questions-answered#comment-6561 Chandan Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:29:23 +0000 http://arindamchakraborty.com/?p=386#comment-6561 Thanks for the great article Arindam. I have a doubt. If I use my canonical url without www, will it affect my page ranking? I am a subscriber of Anjela and for backlinks I am using http://mydomain.com format. Can I continue with this format or should I change it to http://www.mydomain.com. Hope you will help me.. Thanks for the great article Arindam. I have a doubt. If I use my canonical url without www, will it affect my page ranking? I am a subscriber of Anjela and for backlinks I am using http://mydomain.com format. Can I continue with this format or should I change it to http://www.mydomain.com. Hope you will help me..

]]> By: Arindam http://arindamchakraborty.com/4-search-engine-optimization-questions-answered#comment-6560 Arindam Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:21:57 +0000 http://arindamchakraborty.com/?p=386#comment-6560 Hi Teris, Not sure. Could be a temporary server problem on their or your end? Their tool works because just this morning I generated a sitemap for one of my sites. I would suggest u try again later. Of course there are several other tools that Google recommends, but I have not used any of them except the free tool I talk about, and I have been using it much before the big G started recommending it ;) May I know the inputs you used to build the sitemap? Did u select automatic priority? Hi Teris,

Not sure. Could be a temporary server problem on their or your end? Their tool works because just this morning I generated a sitemap for one of my sites.

I would suggest u try again later. Of course there are several other tools that Google recommends, but I have not used any of them except the free tool I talk about, and I have been using it much before the big G started recommending it ;)

May I know the inputs you used to build the sitemap? Did u select automatic priority?

]]> By: Teris http://arindamchakraborty.com/4-search-engine-optimization-questions-answered#comment-6559 Teris Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:36:03 +0000 http://arindamchakraborty.com/?p=386#comment-6559 Okay, I went to the free sitemap generator, entered my url of a site that is 3 yrs old, page rank 3, and it could not crawl it, says an error occured. So, I went to submit a ticket, and went to the forum and found a whole lot of other people who had big problems with this site. IT may be free, but its not very reliable, maybe find another source. Darn..was looking forward to getting a good site map. Okay, I went to the free sitemap generator, entered my url of a site that is 3 yrs old, page rank 3, and it could not crawl it, says
an error occured. So, I went to submit a ticket, and went to the forum and found a whole lot of other people who had big problems with this site. IT may be free, but its not very reliable, maybe find another source. Darn..was looking forward to getting a good site map.

]]> By: Dating Books http://arindamchakraborty.com/4-search-engine-optimization-questions-answered#comment-6558 Dating Books Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:31:37 +0000 http://arindamchakraborty.com/?p=386#comment-6558 that's a highly useful article, particularly for webmasters who might not be aware of the importance of the canonical URL in their marketing efforts. i think most people probably stick to one form or the other out of habit without realizing the importance of doing that. but being aware of the issue can definitely help you avoid wasting some precious marketing effort when you might inadvertently go with a different URL for one reason or the other. - Stephen that's a highly useful article, particularly for webmasters who might not be aware of the importance of the canonical URL in their marketing efforts. i think most people probably stick to one form or the other out of habit without realizing the importance of doing that. but being aware of the issue can definitely help you avoid wasting some precious marketing effort when you might inadvertently go with a different URL for one reason or the other. - Stephen

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