rel=canonical
tag
This blog is hosted in a bunch of places:
https://jameshfisher.com
http://jameshfisher.com
https://jameshfisher-com.netlify.com
http://jameshfisher-com.netlify.com
https://jameshfisher.github.io
http://jameshfisher.github.io
I prefer https://jameshfisher.com
.
The others are old, or insecure, or implementation details.
To tell Google and everyone else which version you prefer, you can use the <meta rel="canonical"
tag.
On every page you serve, you put a <link rel="canonical" href="..."/>
element,
and this tells the client where the canonical location of that page is.
Like so for the page /foo/bar
:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="canonical" href="https://jameshfisher.com/foo/bar"/>
</head>
<!-- ... -->
</html>
I wrote this because I felt like it. This post is my own, and not associated with my employer.
Jim. Public speaking. Friends. Vidrio.