I found this link http://www.apache.org/dev/project-site.html#configure
which says you can put .htaccess files in a directory. There's some suggested caution which I don't have the background to comprehend, though. -Marshall On 9/7/2015 5:59 PM, Richard Eckart de Castilho wrote: > Hm, looks like the canonical information can be added via a HTTP header, e.g. > via .htaccess. https://moz.com/blog/htaccess-file-snippets-for-seos > > Do we know if we can work with .htaccess files on the Apache UIMA website? > > -- Richard > > On 07.09.2015, at 17:59, Marshall Schor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Several projects are now making copies of the current versions of things >> (like >> API docs) under a directory .../current/... . >> >> I recently ran across a reference to a problem with search engines, and a fix >> for it. The problem is sometimes search engines keep references to "older" >> versions for a long time. The fix makes the search engines recognize which >> address should be used when there are "duplicates", for search results (e.g., >> making the version under "current" be used, would have the search results go >> to >> the current version). >> >> The technique is to make use of a rel-canonical meta tag. see for example: >> https://moz.com/blog/canonical-url-tag-the-most-important-advancement-in-seo-practices-since-sitemaps >> >> I'm thinking we should add this to the pages that are under .../current/... >> if >> reasonable. >> >> -Marshall >
