If you want Modernizr to download and execute as soon as possible to prevent a FOUC, put it in the <head> From their installation guide: Drop the script tags in the <head> of your HTML. For best performance, you should have them follow after your stylesheet references. The reason we recommend placing Modernizr in the … Read more
Directly from Google: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139394 Can the link be relative or absolute? rel=”canonical” can be used with relative or absolute links, but we recommend using absolute links to minimize potential confusion or difficulties. If your document specifies a base link, any relative links will be relative to that base link.
style is supposed to be included only on the head of the document. Besides the validation point, one caveat that might interest you when using style on the body is the flash of unstyled content. The browser would get elements that would be styled after they are displayed, making them shift on size/shape/font and/or flicker. … Read more
Try using: <meta http-equiv=”refresh” content=”0; url=http://example.com/” /> Note: Place it in the <head> section. Additionally for older browsers if you add a quick link in case it doesn’t refresh correctly: <p><a href=”http://example.com/”>Redirect</a></p> Will appear as Redirect This will still allow you to get to where you’re going with an additional click.