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    • CompleteOffice
      CompleteOffice last edited by

      The question says it all really. Google analytics shows me that my top 2 pages are my domain address and index.php, which are exactly the same. Is it best to leave it like this or redirect index.php to my domain address?

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      • Keszi
        Keszi last edited by

        Hi there,

        I would go for redirect. or canonicalization (just put a canonical in the header to the URL which is more popular both in links and rankings).

        This way you will have no duplicate content issue and better link juice targeting for one of the pages.

        I hope that helped,

        Istvan

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        • webfeatseo
          webfeatseo last edited by

          Your best bet is to do a 301 redirect on it.

          I would look at OSE to see which one has a higher PA and more links and redirect the other to it.

          Also redirect the www or the non www to a single destination.

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