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        • SoulSurfer8
          SoulSurfer8 last edited by

          Does Google recognize rel=canonical tag if loaded dynamically via javascript? Here's what we're using to load:

          <script> //Inject canonical link into page head
              if (window.location.href.indexOf("/subdirname1") != -1) {
                  canonicalLink = window.location.href.replace("/kapiolani", "");
              }
              if (window.location.href.indexOf("/subdirname2") != -1) {
                  canonicalLink = window.location.href.replace("/straub", "");
              }
              if (window.location.href.indexOf("/subdirname3") != -1) {
                  canonicalLink = window.location.href.replace("/pali-momi", "");
              }
              if (window.location.href.indexOf("/subdirname4") != -1) {
                  canonicalLink = window.location.href.replace("/wilcox", "");
              }
              if (canonicalLink != window.location.href) {
                  var link = document.createElement('link');
                  link.rel = 'canonical';
                  link.href = canonicalLink;
                  document.head.appendChild(link);
              } script>
          
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          • SoulSurfer8
            SoulSurfer8 @andy.bigbangthemes last edited by

            I believe it's a limitation of our CMS. I'll see if we can try it in htaccess or PHP. Thanks for the insight.

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            • SoulSurfer8
              SoulSurfer8 @donsilvernail last edited by

              Thanks for the reply. Doesn't appear Google is recognizing the tag because duplicate pages with it are still showing up in SERPs.

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              • andy.bigbangthemes
                andy.bigbangthemes last edited by

                I Wouldn't bet on that working. Why not use the exact same code in .htaccess format, or even PHP? Javascript is a coding language that is parsed after the window starts loading, it's not like PHP where it gets parsed before the load.

                Thanks

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                • donsilvernail
                  donsilvernail last edited by

                  Hi SoulSurfer,

                  Read This http://searchengineland.com/tested-googlebot-crawls-javascript-heres-learned-220157

                  The google bot was able to read rel=nofollow and links were not followed. So I would think the same for rel=canonical as well.

                  Thanks,

                  Don

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