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Thanks both!

Hi Duke and Alice,

Thank you for your both replies. Very helpful.

We currently do a rel="canonical" from the page "/" to the "/home.aspx", which should avoid the content duplication issue.

I have seen mix opinions on where to use rel="canonical" vs 301 redirect. Just found a Matt Cutts' video about that (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW5UL3lzBOA)

Alice - I take that it might be better to do a 301 redirect than a rel="canonical", as per the video. What do think? should I leave the rel-canonical or try to move to a 301?

Cheers guys!

Hello guys,

My website is currently holding two different URLs for the same page and I am under the impression such set up is dividing my Page Authority and Link Juice.

We currently have the following page with both URLs below:

www.wbresearch.com/soldiertechnologyusa/home.aspx
www.wbresearch.com/soldiertechnologyusa/

Analysing the page authority and backlinks I identified that we are splitting the amount of backlinks (links from sites, social media and therefore authority).

"/home.aspx"
PA: 67
Linking Root Domains: 52
Total Links: 272

"/"
PA: 64
Linking Root Domains: 29
Total Links: 128

I am under the impression that if the URLs were the same we would maximise our backlinks and therefore page authority.

My Question: How can I fix this? Should I have a 301 redirect from the page "/" to the "/home.aspx" therefore passing the authority and link juice of “/” directly to “/homes.aspx”?

Trying to gather thoughts and ideas on this, suggestions are much appreciated?

Thanks!