jd_fp - 2:05 pm on Apr 24, 2009 (gmt 0)

Here's a bad one:

Had a client stuck on a nasty CMS, no access to htaccess, and we're stuck with all sorts of SEO evil (soft 404s, 302s everywhere, dynamic urls, limited header access). So, flip a coin: long, dynamic URLs, or nice, static URLs that 302?

Chose the 302 route, canonized to the shortened URL. Wrong answer, Google freaked out. Had to undo everything, and I'm waiting to see how long it will take before Google responds to the updated tags.