Comments on: rev=”canonical” and extra burden on services http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/2009/04/13/revcanonical-and-extra-burden-on-services/ In pursuit of The Idea Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jure Cuhalev http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/2009/04/13/revcanonical-and-extra-burden-on-services/comment-page-1/#comment-18480 Jure Cuhalev Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:07:56 +0000 http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/?p=912#comment-18480 Thanks Marko, I've updated the blog entry.<br><br>While Twitter isn't part of infrastructure I believe that we're worried about historical data in proprietary silos. Thanks Marko, I've updated the blog entry.

While Twitter isn't part of infrastructure I believe that we're worried about historical data in proprietary silos.

]]> By: Marko http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/2009/04/13/revcanonical-and-extra-burden-on-services/comment-page-1/#comment-18479 Marko Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:02:34 +0000 http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/?p=912#comment-18479 ArsTechnica has reL=canonical (not reV) that points to page, which it should, if this is canonical URL. It also has rev="alternate short_url" that means same as rev=canonical. So what they do is quite right.<br><br>There is also a proposal how provide this information through HTTP HEAD requests, which would further alleviate a problem that really doesn't exist.<br><br>What I don't understand in all this madness is why is everyone trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist and when has Twitter become a necessary part of Internet infrastructure?<br><br>I should probably write my own post about this... ArsTechnica has reL=canonical (not reV) that points to page, which it should, if this is canonical URL. It also has rev=”alternate short_url” that means same as rev=canonical. So what they do is quite right.

There is also a proposal how provide this information through HTTP HEAD requests, which would further alleviate a problem that really doesn't exist.

What I don't understand in all this madness is why is everyone trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist and when has Twitter become a necessary part of Internet infrastructure?

I should probably write my own post about this…

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