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    • lbecarelli
      lbecarelli last edited by

      Hello,

      in on page report card ,

      for a kyeword: armadi portafucili blindati

      URL: http://www.bighunter.net/shop/searchresult.seam?codiceSettoreSel=CACCIA&codiceCategoriaSel=Armadi Blindati&codiceSottoCategoriaSel=Linea Legno DeLuxe&codiceMarcaSel=SILMEC

      i have a Critical Factor that don't undestand.

      It 's not ok "appropiate Use of Rel Canoncal, but in my page i have

      <link href="http://www.bighunter.net/shop/searchresult.seam?codiceSettoreSel=CACCIA&codiceCategoriaSel=Armadi Blindati&codiceSottoCategoriaSel=Linea Legno DeLuxe&codiceMarcaSel=SILMEC" rel="canonical">

      and the link is the same of the url .

      I don't undestand where is the problem . Who can help me?

      Best Regards

      Luca

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      • Dr-Pete
        Dr-Pete last edited by

        Use the URL-encoded format (with "%20" in place of spaces) for your canonical tag, since that really is the canonical version of the URL. It's probably not a huge issue, but that should be a bit safer and more consistent.

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        • douglala
          douglala last edited by

          I have the same issue. Exactly howdo you use the URL-encoded format?

          Dr-Pete lbecarelli 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • Dr-Pete
            Dr-Pete @douglala last edited by

            Certain characters, like spaces, should generally be encoded in the URL. It's generally just a few characters, and honestly those characters would be better off not in your URLs.

            If your site is creating encoded URLs, though, then you should use those URLs everywhere - internal links, canonical tags, etc. There's no real trick to it - it's just that you should use the same URL format everywhere.

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            • lbecarelli
              lbecarelli @douglala last edited by

              yes, what Peter  said is ok.

              Sorry if I have not yet responded but i have modified my url with replace space with %20 and i have verified that that is the solution.

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