We currently publish the Hyperacademia site on two domains, but we only want one canonical version to appear in search results. The alternative/origin domain should not compete with or dilute SEO.
Before implementing a simple no-follow on the non-canonical URL, we should step back and consider a broader question:
What is our overall strategy for canonicalization, indexing rules, and robots.txt across all Hypermedia sites?
Key questions for discussion:
Which domain should be treated as the authoritative canonical version for search engines?
Should origin-server domains (e.g., *.hyper.media) be fully hidden from indexing?
Do we want a consistent robots.txt policy across all HM sites?
Should we use canonical tags, noindex, or both?
This is a small change but has broader implications for how we manage SEO, domain visibility, and public indexing across our ecosystem.
Would love everyone’s input before proceeding.
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