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Thanks so much, I think I got it working now!

Thanks so much, I think I got it working now!

Hi, I'm battling with duplicate content and would love to fix some redirections in my htaccess file:

1. I'm trying to use the www version of my site via 301

2. I'm trying to remove ALL /index.php from my url's

I currently have the following code, but my home page /index.php is still not redirecting to the root?

Options +FollowSymLinks
Options +Indexes

<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c="">RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^funeralcoverfinder.co.za$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.FuneralCoverFinder.co.za/$1 [R=301,NC,L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode[^(]([^)]) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C)([^s]s)+cript.(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
RewriteRule .* index.php [F]

RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /component/|(/[^.]|.(php|html?|feed|pdf|vcf|raw))$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php [L]</ifmodule>

Any Advice? - Thanks so much!

Thank you, I will go through all my links again and make sure there are no .index.php url's left I also installed a Joomla plugin called SEO Canonicalisation Plugin Plugin in the meantime. I will read through the link you supplied... I really appreciate it! - I will post again if the matter is not resolved in a couple of days...

I have done 301 redirect using the following: redirect 301 /index.php/oldurl.php Http://www.funeralcoverfinder.co.za I used site:funeralcoverfinder in Google and checked that every single link redirects to the new version of the site. There are no 404 errors anymore. The redirects all work 100%. I did this for every indexed page in Google today. How do I create canonical links on Joomla 2.5? Thanks for helping me, this site is my bread and butter... So does it take Google a while to realize this, or will it work as soon as all errors are corrected?

Hi, I'm new and hope this forum can help me. I have recently resubmit my sitemap and Google only Indexed 1 Page. I can still see many of my old indexed pages in the SERP's? I have upgraded my template and graded all my pages to A's on SEOmoz, I have solid backlinks and have been building them over time. I have redirected all my 404 errors in .htaccess and removed /index.php from my url's. I have never done this before but my website runs perfect and all my pages redirect as I hoped. My site: www.FunerallCoverFinder.co.za How do I figure out what the problem is? Thanks in Advance!