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Canonical URLs to help WordPress duplicate content issue

Rebecca Markowitz | February 23, 2009 | 11 Comments
Fancy words aside, a canonical URL is Google's way of identifying a "preferred" URL for your posts to avoid duplicate content. Duplicate content is generally defined as "separate web pages with substantially the same content, which may attract a penalty from search engines." Wordpress is often criticized for having duplicate content since ... View Post

WordPress Plugins Directory Search no longer “sucks”

Rebecca Markowitz | February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment
I just received an email from Matt Mullenweg, founder of Wordpress, letting me know that the "Plugin search no longer sucks".  I was so excited that I didn't even notice the typo he later reported on Twitter. According to the official Wordpress site, Wordpress Plugins directory search is no longer a ... View Post