My site is duplicated on the internet, please help.

[gaji]

I've been told that my site: "- your site is duplicated on the internet. Both www.joeyvalyphotography.com and joeyvalyphotography.com are valid internet addresses. This is a problem for SEO." I am wondering, what's the cause of this, and how it can fixed. Thanks In advanced, Joey

[JamesNorquay]

You have two versions of your website www and non www.

What you need to do is pick your most linked to version, and then use that as the main URL.

Personally a lot of websites are dropping the www these days.

Then do a domain level 301 redirect from the www to the non www for example.

You can do it in .htaccess here is some further information:

http://www.scriptalicious.com/blog/2009/04/redirecting-www-to-non-www-using-htaccess/

[SimonCullum]

Hi Gajendra

That's a good answer from James.

Also inform Google of your preferred domain using Google Webmaster Tools.

Additionally, some information to try and help you out;  your website has some areas that could be improved on the SEO and User Experience sides, such as your URL structure which is not currently ideal for the user experience or for search. Your current homepage is:

http://joeyvalyphotography.com/#/special/splash/orlando-wedding-photographer--portrait-photographer--joeyvaly-photography-/

which is 4 levels deep with some unnecessary folders there, such as # and special and splash

These Splash pages are very 1990's and create an unnecessary step and barrier to your main content, I'd suggest getting rid of it and bringing your homepage up to the root level ( i.e. http://joeyvalyphotography.com )

I know an impressive good looking website is usual and really good to have for a photography website; you can still have that on your homepage without a Splash page getting in the way.  Also worth considering HTML5 rather than flash moving forwards.

I'd also suggest considering adding some real textual content to your homepage, such as migrating your Information page content over to your homepage, to benefit both Visitors and Search.  Adding to this content with some fresh unique interesting & valuable content is worthwhile spending the time on.

That's just a couple of areas to start with.

I hope that helps,

Regards

Simon

[AlanMosley]

Simon and James are correct, but i would also like to add, You should get rid of that flash on the front page, flash is no good for rankings, what you have on the front page could easily be done in html.

[gaji]

Thanks for the response, my webmaster, says my site is dynamic, where as it changes to html based on the device. And that the bots read it as HTML.

[gaji]

I am going to do this! Thanks alot!

[gaji]

I really appreciate your extensive response, and I will go one by one, to correct my issues, as a result of you reply!

[SimonCullum]

You're welcome Gajendra, glad to be of help.  All the best with your site and business

[AlanMosley]

Well that is cloaking, and against google guidlines. You are showing the search engine somthing different to the user.

There is no need for flash, the home page is text, why not format it as html and then users will not have to wait.

See what google has to say about showing flash to users and html to bots
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66355