Wordpress Canonical Problem
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I'm using wordpress for my website but m unable to implement Canonical tag property for pages under the same category,
Like for matt's blog:
The Tag is same .. for all pages under that category:
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is it some hack or some plugin ? please suggest! thanks
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Hi Ankit
It appears as if you have Yoast SEO installed in your main site, but All In One installed in the blog sub-domain. I do recommend Yoast as best plugin.
The trouble is, there are a few ways to handle the pagination of category pages. I don't think you need to actually do it the way Matt has it on his blog (i've never even seen that before, ironically, with the canonical to first page).
The primary concern is to noindex all pages beyond page #1 of category pages, which you have done with the All In One Plugin.
Ultimately, I like Yoast's complete setup though, which when set correctly in the settings, does this;
Category Page One - http://blog.travelindia365.com/category/travel-news/
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Canonical - http://blog.travelindia365.com/category/travel-news/
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robots index (note you're supposed to leave out robots all together if it just says "index" but no harm done if its there)
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rel next - http://blog.travelindia365.com/category/travel-news/page/2
then...
Category Page Two and Beyond - http://blog.travelindia365.com/category/travel-news/page/2
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Canonical - http://blog.travelindia365.com/category/travel-news/page/2
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robots noindex
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rel prev - http://blog.travelindia365.com/category/travel-news/
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rel next - http://blog.travelindia365.com/category/travel-news/page/3
That would be the recommended settings to go for, I've never had any issues with them.
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Thanks Chris and Gareth for chiming in too!!
-Dan
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Also note how Matt has added no index, no follow to the paginated pages
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I'm using Yoast WordPress SEO plugin v1.1.5
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Hi, you are running All in One SEO Pack 1.6.14.2 by Michael Torbert not Yoast
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Hi Ankit
If you are trying to optimise your WordPress Blog then I recommend the Yoast Wordpress plugin.
It will certainly help you implement the correct Canonical URL for category/tag pages http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/#canonical
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