Backlinking from a Canonical Page to the Non-Canonical Doman - Wrong Signals?
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Hi Mozzers,
Let's say you have www.mysite.com/page, which is a duplicate of www.yoursite.com/page.
www.yousite.com/page has a rel canonical link identifying www.mysite.com/page as the original source.
www.mysite.com/page has a followed backlink going towards www.yousite.com/home-page.
mysite.com has a DA of 44
yoursite.com has a DA of 33Google has chosen to index www.yoursite.com/page instead of www.mysite.com/page.
Is the followed backlink responsible for the wrong page being indexed?
Thanks!
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Hmm,
Well first off a 301 is preferred over a canonical when dealing with cross domains. Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI6L2N4A0hA
I doubt 1 backlink is the cause of this. I think maybe you have the canonical set-up incorrectly? I'd go the 301 route and see what happens.
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