Rel canonical or redirect
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Hi, my client has the following links pointing to the home page
http://www.weddingrings.com/index.cfm
In this case would I use rel canonical or redirect?
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A second opinion,
Agreed with SEOVP , this is 100% redirect no need to have both pages if you can avoid this,
301 Redirect ,
James
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Hi,
I would use a redirect in this instant, redirecting the /index.cfm page to the main page
thanks
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