Hi, my Name is FranzSeo, I’m the SEO Manager of triwpolf.com. SEO (the abbreviation of Search Engine Optimization) is basically the art of getting found. (So that you get to see all the wonderful tripwolf info at Google). Some weeks ago Google announced the so called canonical element. It is a small, enny, weeny HTML element (invisible to human users) that you put in the head of the webpage to tell the search engines what the best URL (Uniform Resource Locater, the stuff with http:// in front) for the webpage is.
It’s really a new concept, so nobody knew how Google would handle this. We found out the hard way: we made a tpyo typo in the URL – and to put it shortly: Google does not like us anymore like it did before. We fixed it. And now we wait for Google to make his move. (Come on Google, it was a typo! Mistakes happen in every relationship!).
Anyway: this mistake could only happen, because it is an invisible element in the head, so nobody sees it. For testing this element we coded a simple Greasemonkey Script. (First install Greasemonkey for Firefox, then click on “Show Canonical Script“).
It now shows you the canonical URL (if specified).
And links it if it is different from the current URL you are on.
Makes testing, life and enhancing tripwolf easier. No more typos.
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