Rel Canonical: Impact on Analytics
Ever since Google, Bing, and Yahoo! joined forces to implement the canonical tag as a bandage for duplicate content issues, there has been a lot of debate in the SEO world about its usage. Many experts feel that it is too easy to be used improperly, so much so that webmasters are going to screw up entire websites with it. While I have not yet been convinced that it should be shunned, banned, and outcast - I feel that it is hardly ever the best solution. At best, it is a Band-Aid. It won't heal wounds. It won't prevent wounds from occurring. But it is a quick fix that can certainly help some situations. Lindsay Wassell wrote a Complete Guide to Rel Canonical that covers nearly everything you need to know about the canonical tag. There is one topic that relates to the canonical tag that no one is talking about yet. It's impact on Google Analytics. I'm a numbers guy by nature. I check various stats in Analytics every day. I'm always looking for new ways to look at th