Pages with Duplicate Page Title
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Blog - FDM Group has duplicate page title for all blog posts.
We also have multiple localized versions of pages, so the titles are seen as duplicate.
Possible resolutions? Thanks in advance.
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Hi Christopher,
You have added canonical tags to http://blog.fdmgroup.com/uk/blog/, pointing to http://www.fdmgroup.com/uk/blog/ so this takes care of the duplicate content problem between those two versions of the blog being the same.
For pages like http://www.fdmgroup.com/ca/blog/page/8/, you could look at different pagination options to ensure you receive benefit from these pages. Option 1 in that post (noindex, follow) is one of the simpler ways of doing this, but have a look at the others too.
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From my developer: "That isn’t redirecting at all – blog.fdmgroup.com is an A record for the website – it’s only the raw domain that has a 301 redirect.Any existing link to a page on the OLD blog doesn’t have a redirect unless you configure one on the new website e.ghttp://www.fdmgroup.com/fdm-group-speaks-out-against-the-revelation-that-one-in-four-graduates-fail-to-find-work/"Thanks.
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Yes that looks fine but it should be done at the server level via apache and mod rewrite as that one is only getting that page and your blog has many pages. For example you can go here: http://blog.fdmgroup.com/uk/blog/ which is really the homepage of your blog, and that one doesn't redirect to the other page.
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From my developer: "It already is."
Is that the case based on this screenshot? Thanks in advance.
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I would just do your best to describe each page, it may take a while but you will benefit from new content, the dupe content issues will go away and you can engage your customers or visitors. If your in fear of duplicate content and want to take down your pages you can put them in draft mode in wordpress until your satisfied with the new content.
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It also appeared to be located here: http://blog.fdmgroup.com/uk/blog/
I found it by doing a simple Google Search (see attached).
You can easily replicate it by changing www. to blog.
Hope that helps!
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96 pages (not to be confused with blog posts). The issue isn't that I don't have time to edit it, it's what to name the pages. The pages simply list several blog posts which are sorted chronologically, so I can't really title them properly, per se.
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How many blog pages are there? You may need to go through page by page and make the edits, this can benefit you as well by cleaning up the blog. Make sure each title and description is original.
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Thanks - I am using an SEO plugin. The issue is that it's reading the duplicate titles for each blog page (by pages, I mean the Older Posts display): http://www.fdmgroup.com/ca/blog/page/8
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Are you using an seo plugin? If so it may be filling in the page name by default. Do you know how to rename the page titles in a blog? It's really easy just sign in, go to that page, edit page then usually at the bottom the will be a section for title and description. After that hit publish. Hope that helps.
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blog is located on the domain (not a subdomain) - fdmgroup.com/blog/ - are duplicate titles still an issue? Thanks in advance.
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2 Easy Steps to fix this issue:
1. 301 Redirect your blog subdomain to point at the www version.
2. Hire an SEO to help you fix this or study up at the Moz Learning Center and do it on your own.
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