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Yes this is what I want to do. I want Google to ignore the duplicate pages that would be created by the additional parameters and pass SEO value back to the product page.

What I'm confused about is how to code the tag and how to implement it. Each page, which there are thousands of, is generated dynamically - so I only have that one container page that I can update.

How do I take care of all of the product pages with one tag? Is this something that is done in the database?

Unfortunately we don't have a CMS in place, however it's something we're highly considering.

Hey guys. Thanks for all of the responses. The query string actually comes from part of a search tool, so I don't know if it can be output as a named anchor. If so it would require reprogramming the search tool. It's possible, but I believe at this point it would probably be easier to use the rel=canonical tag.

What I'm not getting is this:

All of our product pages are dynamically generated. So they are loaded into a page at:

www.exampledomain.com/products/productname

If I put the rel=canonical tag on that host page that is populated with data wouldn't I be throwing out any possibility for my individual product pages to rank? Wouldn't it all point back to that one product?

How do I use the rel=canonical tag so that each individual product page gets all of the ranking. Is there a way to do this?

This is a canonicalization type question, so I believe it should be a pretty straightforward answer. I just haven't had much experience with using the canonical tag so I felt I should ask so I don't blow up my site

Ok, let's say I have a product page that is at:

- www.exampledomain.com/products/nameofproduct

Now on that page I have an option to see all of the specs of the product in a collapsible tab which I want to link to from other pages - So the URL to this tab ends from other pages ends up being:

- www.exampledomain.com/products/nameofproduct?=productspecs

This will link to the tab and default it to open when someone clicks that link on another page.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I understand canonicalization correctly I believe creating this link is going to cause a duplicate page that has the opportunity to be indexed and detract from our SEO to the main product page.

My question is... where do I put the "rel=canonical" tag to point the SEO value back to the main page since the page is dynamically generated and doesn't have its own file on the server? - or do even need to be concerned with this?

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on any of the above. Like I said - this is something I am fairly familiar with how it works, but I haven't had much experience with using.

Thanks!

Steve, Loganshark, thanks for sharing your experiences. I figured that this would be the case. Just wanted to get confirmation from people who have done this successfully.

Any additional advice from anyone would be appreciated. This project is a big step in our SEO initiative.

I have searched and searched for the answer to this question and can't find it.

We are going to be launching a Wordpress blog on our domain shortly, however we have a much larger site that is mixed with static and dynamic pages full of custom programming tied to databases, etc. that we are running around the blog and can't integrate that into Wordpress due to its complexity.

What this means is we have to install Wordpress on our servers somehow separate from the pages of our website.

What I am wondering is if we run Wordpress in the /blog directory of our site as a separate installation if it will inherit the domain authority of our domain (currently around 60) or if it will be viewed as a separate site and get no ranking. Also, will our main site inherit the additional link juice from the inbound links that we get from the blog with it being separate from the main site?

How does this need to be setup on our webservers to ensure the blog gets authority of the domain, and the blog contributes maximum SEO value to the domain?

Any help would be appreciated.