Issue: Duplicate Page Content (index.htm)

[raywhite]

I get an error of "**Issue:**Duplicate Page Content" for the following pages in the SEOMOZ Crawl Diagnostics.  But these pages are the same one!  Duhhhh....  Is there a way to hide this false error?

http://www.stdtime.com/

http://www.stdtime.com/index.htm

BTW, I also get "**Issue:**Duplicate Page Title" for this page.  Another false error...

[kyleNeedham]

Yes that will work.

[raywhite]

Is this the correct fix for the index.htm page?

[kyleNeedham]

Hi,

Duplicate content means the pages are the same!

Use link rel= canonical

If your not sure how to implement it read this post it will explain everything for you.

http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139394

[Matt-Williamson]

Hi Ray

I would look into fixing this issue by placing a 301 redirect from one version of the page to the other using a method such as .htaccess depending on your server hosting. You also need to make sure all your navigation points to the page that isn't being redirected.

Look at my answer at the bottom of the Q&A from a few days ago addresses this issue, the implications and how you can fix it easily - http://www.seomoz.org/q/duplicate...

Having two versions of your homepage is likely to cause dilution of your sites authority in the search engines. I have seen cases where both versions have links and so you are weakening your overall potential of what is essentially one place to point links to.

This should help!