Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread Aleksandar Lazic
Hi. Am 13-10-2015 22:11, schrieb steve: On 10/14/2015 09:03 AM, nanaya wrote: [snipp] You said As can be seen from the google article, it's apparently a bad thing(tm) to duplicate content for example.com/ and example.com. Apparently some but the google article clearly says otherwise (unl

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread Aleksandar Lazic
Hi. Am 13-10-2015 21:39, schrieb steve: Thanks for all the replies - I've not been ignoring you, I'm just in a different timezone! On 10/14/2015 03:16 AM, Patrick Nommensen wrote: On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 6:09 AM, Andrew Hutchings wrote: Hi! On Tuesday 13 October 2015 08:59:02 steve wrote:

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread nanaya
Oh and this part On Wed, Oct 14, 2015, at 05:11 AM, steve wrote: > > > ( this is also *not* a google sanctioned document - it's on blogspot ) > And if you didn't know, blogspot is owned by google and that blog is google's. In fact, if you search for anything in here https://support.google.com/

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread nanaya
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015, at 05:11 AM, steve wrote: > > > I suggest you re-read the article... whilst it does include the Chuck > Norris quote, it also states 'While it’s not totally optimal behavior, > it’s perfectly legitimate and a-okay. :)'. > The following point specifically mentions that

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread steve
On 10/14/2015 09:03 AM, nanaya wrote: On Wed, Oct 14, 2015, at 04:58 AM, steve wrote: As can be seen from the google article, it's apparently a bad thing(tm) to duplicate content for example.com/ and example.com. Apparently some .htaccess tweak can do a 301 redirect from one to the other, but

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread nanaya
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015, at 04:58 AM, steve wrote: > >> As can be seen from the google article, it's apparently a bad thing(tm) > >> to duplicate content for example.com/ and example.com. Apparently some > >> .htaccess tweak can do a 301 redirect from one to the other, but > >> absolutely nothing th

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread steve
On 10/14/2015 08:47 AM, nanaya wrote: On Wed, Oct 14, 2015, at 04:39 AM, steve wrote: As can be seen from the google article, it's apparently a bad thing(tm) to duplicate content for example.com/ and example.com. Apparently some .htaccess tweak can do a 301 redirect from one to the other, but

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread nanaya
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015, at 04:39 AM, steve wrote: > As can be seen from the google article, it's apparently a bad thing(tm) > to duplicate content for example.com/ and example.com. Apparently some > .htaccess tweak can do a 301 redirect from one to the other, but > absolutely nothing that has be

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread steve
Thanks for all the replies - I've not been ignoring you, I'm just in a different timezone! On 10/14/2015 03:16 AM, Patrick Nommensen wrote: On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 6:09 AM, Andrew Hutchings mailto:ahutchi...@nginx.com>> wrote: Hi! On Tuesday 13 October 2015 08:59:02 steve wrote:

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread Patrick Nommensen
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 6:09 AM, Andrew Hutchings wrote: > Hi! > > On Tuesday 13 October 2015 08:59:02 steve wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I have a requirement from a customer that the terminal slash be > > rewritten when accessing the homepage - eg example.com/ is a 301 to > > example.com > > > >

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread Gena Makhomed
On 13.10.2015 1:14, steve wrote: It's not me that wants this idiocy... it's the Snake Oil salesmen! I'm apparently trying to do something that apache can, but so far, nothing has worked - everything just ends in a loop. info from Google: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.fr/2010/04/to-s

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread nanaya
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015, at 04:59 AM, steve wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a requirement from a customer that the terminal slash be > rewritten when accessing the homepage - eg example.com/ is a 301 to > example.com > > I've tried a simple rewrite of ^/$ but that just loops. > > Any ideas? > >

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread Andrew Hutchings
Hi! On Tuesday 13 October 2015 08:59:02 steve wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a requirement from a customer that the terminal slash be > rewritten when accessing the homepage - eg example.com/ is a 301 to > example.com > > I've tried a simple rewrite of ^/$ but that just loops. > > Any ideas? As

Re: RE: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread itpp2012
Lukas Tribus Wrote: --- > which a) you are not doing and b) is not possible, as its the same > exact HTTP > request. Not exactly the same but handled correctly (400) when forcing the impossible; [13/Oct/2015:14:51:49 +0200] 192.xxx 6807 - - "GET

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread Francis Daly
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 11:00:56AM +0200, Aleksandar Lazic wrote: > Am 13-10-2015 00:14, schrieb steve: Hi there, > >It's not me that wants this idiocy... it's the Snake Oil salesmen! > > > >I'm apparently trying to do something that apache can, but so far, > >nothing has worked - everything just

RE: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread Lukas Tribus
> You can, see my map example, used here to redirect http to https except root > (/). Thats not what this thread is about. > site.com => tell user we've gone to ssl in plain http > site.com/ => tell user we've gone to ssl in plain http The original poster needs to differentiate between "site.c

Re: RE: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread itpp2012
Lukas Tribus Wrote: --- > But *not* with "/". You can, see my map example, used here to redirect http to https except root (/). site.com => tell user we've gone to ssl in plain http site.com/ => tell user we've gone to ssl in plain http site.com/

RE: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread Lukas Tribus
> I'm apparently trying to do something that apache can, but so far, > nothing has worked - everything just ends in a loop. No, you cannot do this, see [1]: > If the target URI's path component is empty, the client MUST > send "/" as the path within the origin-form of request-target. An empty re

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-13 Thread Aleksandar Lazic
Hi, Am 13-10-2015 00:14, schrieb steve: [snipp] It's not me that wants this idiocy... it's the Snake Oil salesmen! I'm apparently trying to do something that apache can, but so far, nothing has worked - everything just ends in a loop. Please can you post the settings how hit works in apache

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-12 Thread steve
On 10/13/2015 10:28 AM, Fireye00 wrote: Howdy Steve, I have a requirement from a customer that the terminal slash be rewritten when accessing the homepage - eg example.com/ is a 301 to example.com I've tried a simple rewrite of ^/$ but that just loops. In the given example request "example.com

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-12 Thread itpp2012
Something like this: map $request_uri $requri { default 1; /0; } server { if ($requri) { return 301 http://example.com$request_uri; } # handle /x location / { # handle / only [...] Posted at Nginx Forum: http:/

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-12 Thread Fireye00
Howdy Steve, > I have a requirement from a customer that the terminal slash be > rewritten when accessing the homepage - eg example.com/ is a 301 to > example.com > I've tried a simple rewrite of ^/$ but that just loops. In the given example request "example.com", the path is going to be the sam

Re: SEO gone mad...

2015-10-12 Thread Aleksandar Lazic
Hi steve. Am 12-10-2015 21:59, schrieb steve: Hi folks, I have a requirement from a customer that the terminal slash be rewritten when accessing the homepage - eg example.com/ is a 301 to example.com But the solution below will not work due to the fact that most browser add a trailing / if t

SEO gone mad...

2015-10-12 Thread steve
Hi folks, I have a requirement from a customer that the terminal slash be rewritten when accessing the homepage - eg example.com/ is a 301 to example.com I've tried a simple rewrite of ^/$ but that just loops. Any ideas? Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengeck