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#1543 – Tracking URLs

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Tuesday, 15 December 2015 17:09 UTC

tphilis

Hi,

When point a link to the homepage that includes tracking parameters (e.g. http://www.xxxx.net/?ref=google) the page content is correct, however the page title and meta description change to the Joomla default content, rather than what I have entered in homepage meta in sh404sef. How do I remedy this problem?

Also, is it possible to add rel=canonical tag to the homepage? Google will index the homepage with various query strings which creates duplicate content.

Wednesday, 16 December 2015 21:44 UTC

wb_weeblr

Hi

Well, sh404SEF already automatically insert a canonical on the home page. The problem here is knowing this is the homepage!
You seem to consider that "?rel=something" is not part of page URL, but it is. So what you're talking about, from both Google and sh404SEF is NOT your homepage - because the home page is defined as http://yoursite.com/, not a different URL (with rel=xxx).

We do strip out common tracking variables:

	/**
	 * List of tracking vars that should be removed from url when calculating canonical url or similar
	 * Note: 'hitcount' is introduced internally by Joomla! 3 vote plugin!!
	 * @var array
	 */
	private $_trackingVars = array('utm_source', 'utm_medium', 'utm_term', 'utm_content', 'utm_id', 'utm_campaign', 'gclid', 'fb_xd_bust',
		'fb_xd_fragment', 'hitcount');

That list is not currently extensible, short of modifying the file /administrator/components/com_sh404sef/configuration/configuration.php, around line 24, by adding the 'rel' item to the list.
However, such hacking would require being redone after each update of sh404SEF.

Rgds

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