Duplicate home page /index.asp /index.php etc
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We recently moved www.devoted2vntage.co.uk to shopify but seem to have multiple home page variants still in google index. I am concerned that these will be causing duplicate content. I have redirected the offending URLs below to www.devoted2vintage.co.uk/ and have set up a canonical URL but need an expect to tell me if I have taken the current steps and if not, exactly what I need to do. www.devoted2vintage.co.uk/index.php www.devoted2vintage.co.uk/index.htm www.devoted2vintage.co.uk/index.html www.devoted2vintage.co.uk/index.shtml www.devoted2vintage.co.uk/index.aspx www.devoted2vintage.co.uk/index.cfm www.devoted2vintage.co.uk/index.pl www.devoted2vintage.co.uk/index.asp
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Thats odd. If there are no such URLs they should not longer index automatically.
You can go into WMT - Webmaster Tools and Optimization>Remove URLs. Also resubmit your sitemap if it doesn't get done automatically.
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We have been on shopify for a couple of months now. What are WMT settings?
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If you just moved to Shopify, they should not be removed from the index right away. This can take a few days and varies. I would make sure WMT settings are correct and check on how the crawls are doing and if any errors.
The redirects are good and should be fine within days.
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