How do I eliminate duplicate url, duplicate title issues using Joomla CMS?
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We have a site using Joomla CMS, integrated with Jreviews and Jomsocial. Utilizing ACE SEF to generate Dynamic URL structure. Our issue is that we are recieving multiple instances of duplicate url's and duplicate titles due to the way joomla is working with jreviews for all our 7,000+ business listings. Site is already ranked for many broad/national keywords, concerned that our state and local rankings are limited by these errors. How can we prevent this from happening without re-writing the entire website?
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AceSEF is designed to handle this problem. I recommend you ask this question on the AceSEF forums.
SEOmoz is a fantastic resource for SEO information, but if your question is directly related to a particular extension for a particular CMS, the developer's site should be a far better resource for information.
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