Rel=canonical an iframed version of the same website?

[BenGMKT]

My issue is that we have two websites with the same content. For the sake of an example lets say they are:

• jackson.com
• jacksonboats.com

When you go to jacksonboats.com, the website is an iframed version of jackson.com. However all of the companies email addresses are example@jacksonboats.com so a 301 is not possible. What would be the best way to forward over the link juice from jacksonboats.com to jackson.com? I'm thinking a rel=canonical tag, but I wanted to ask first.

Thanks,

[Chris.Menke]

Ben,

It's kind of strange how you put things because you can continue using the example@jacksonboats.com email addresses without having a site at jacksonboats.com without any problems.  Your email addresses don't have to be tied to the webpages  that show up on your domain.

I'd look at whether jacksonboats.com has any links going to it and if it doesn't, would just 301 that domain to Jackson.com.  If it does have links going to interior pages, I'd 301 any link-to URLs from jacksonboats.com to appropriate URLs on jackson.com.  Rel=canonical wouldn't be appropriate in this situation.

[jesse-landry]

This is weird. Why would you want an iFramed version of a website..? Also, what difference does it make where the employees email addresses reside? They could be at dogsled.com for all anybody cares!

I agree with Chris yet again. 301 that bad boy and be done with it. REL=CANONICAL does NOT pass link juice. So definitely don't use that as a fix. It would help with the duplicate content issue and prevent any Panda penalties, but a 301 would do that while passing link juice...

Maybe you could elaborate on why a 301 is out of the question?