Is there any consensus yet on link rel=shorturl vs rev=canonical?
15th October 2010
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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.
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