Implement rel canonical on a Blogspot blog

[ProjectLabs]

Does anyone know how to implement a rel canonical tag on a Blogspot blog?

I am trying to pass link juice from an old Blogspot blog to a self-hosted website.

[Chris.Menke]

Hi Project,

Here are a couple of resources for you that will help:

http://techie-buzz.com/webmaster-tips/how-to-add-rel-canonical-blogspot-blogs.html

http://www.seochat.com/c/a/search-engine-optimization-help/finish-moving-your-blogspot-blog-to-another-host-with-link-rel-canonical-tags/

[FedeEinhorn]

The canonical tag does not pass link juice as far as I understand. It just tells search engines that the URL in the canonical tag is the one that should be indexed.

If you are trying to pass the juice from an old blog to a new self-hosted site, why don't you 301 the blogspot pages to the most appropriate page on the new site (where the new content is)?

That will not only help your SEO but your visitors too. I actually read far more blogs on self-hosted platforms (domains) than on .blogspot.com sites.

[advent.pk]

agreed!

[ProjectLabs]

Actually, it is well documented that it does pass link juice similar to a 301 redirect.

You can't 301 redirect Blogspot blogs because you don't have access to the server files.