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Duplicate Content Issue

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OOMDODigital last edited by

My issue with duplicate content is this.

There are two versions of my website showing up

http://www.example.com/

http://example.com/

What are the best practices for fixing this?

Thanks!
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NakulGoyal last edited by

I agree with John. Use that .htaccess code. Apart from that, I'd also recommend that you setup your preferred way in Google Webmaster Console under Configuration > Preferred domain.
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Johnny4B last edited by

Just to add, change the details in the snippet to your sites url
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Johnny4B

Add this to your .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^domain\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Or, you can do it in GWT.

Regards

John

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