How do I fix these duplicate URLs?
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HI guys, I ran a report on my site and it shows some duplicate titles (example below).
Do I need to add something to the htaccess file or another file to fix this? I understand that the search engines should only see 1 URL for the page.
2 pages have "Bikes for sale | used bikes | second hand bicycles" title
paulswebsite.com/bikes/index.asp
Thanks
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You have two changes I think you need to do. As Woj Kwasi says, you have URLs with and without "www.".
I would most definately redirect the non-www traffic to www-URLs. Add the redirect in your .htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^thegorillafirm.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.thegorillafirm.com/$1 [L,R=301]
Furthermore you need to set canonical links:
http://thegorillafirm.com/bikes/">
This should be set in the index.asp file header. In a similar way you should set this for:
http://thegorillafirm.com/surf/
http://thegorillafirm.com/snow/This should help you remove the duplicate content warnings.
Best regards,
Rasmus
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As Autobytel mentioned, specifying the canonical would be the way to go.. considering you also have www & non www versions:
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Agree
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Set your canonical tags
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html
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One take on this would be to add a 301 redirect one of the URLs onto to the other. As Vjay mentioned this would look after any inbound links to the page.
this post has some good info also
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/301-redirect-or-relcanonical-which-one-should-you-use
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hello, it depends,
1. what is the site built on, if its something like wordpress its an easy fix. you may want to think about the links coming in.
2. Use the on page optimiser to get more insight - pro tools .
hope this helps, I am by no means a know it all but there is my take on it.
best,
Vijay
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