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Is there any consensus yet on link rel=shorturl vs rev=canonical?

15th October 2010

My answer to Is there any consensus yet on link rel=shorturl vs rev=canonical? on Quora

It’s pretty clear from the answers that rev=canonical v.s. rel=canonical is way too confusing—so it’s down to rel=shortlink v.s. rel=shorturl.

Posted 15th October 2010 at 12:03 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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