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Duplicate Content
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We have a ton of duplicate content/title errors on our reports, many of them showing errors of:
http://www.mysite.com/(page title) and http://mysite.com/(page title)
Our site has been set up so that mysite.com 301 redirects to www.mysite.com (we did this a couple years ago). Is it possible that I set up my campaign the wrong way in SEOMoz? I'm thinking it must be a user error when I set up the campaign since we already have the 301 Redirect. Any advice is appreciated!
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Before you delete anything, submit a ticket to the help desk. They may be able to fix it up or point to why it's happening.
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Thanks for the redirect checker - I verified it for several pages and everything was set up correctly.
I'm thinking I must selected the non-www version, that's the only reason I can think of that it would be showing both. I don't think there's a way to change the root domain without starting over again...oh well, live and learn I guess.
Thanks again for your quick response!
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Double check the redirection here: http://redirectcheck.com. Ensure it's a nice HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently then HTTP/1.1 200 OK. Do this for a couple pages just to be sure.
Next, what settings did you use in the campaign?
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