Issue: Duplicate page title

[threebiz]

Hello,

I have run the "Crawl Diagnostics" report using SEOmoz pro and it says that I have a total of 56 errors. 18 of those errors being duplicate content and another 38 errors being duplicate title tags. Now I have looked at both reports and detail and the reason I am getting there errors is due to the fact the it is checking "http" and "https". So for example:

• my website is http://www.widgets.com

• On the crawl diagnostics report, it also checks https://www.widgets.com

• So it looks like I have duplicate content and duplicate title tags because of this

Now my question is this: Is this really duplicate content? If so, how do I fix this? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[AlanMosley]

Yes it is duplicate content, and 2 urls that get to the same page is duplicate content, even upper and lowercase letters.
Depending one what server you have, you can force https on the pages you want encrypted.
If you have a windows IIS server, it’s a simple checkbox on the SSL page of the IIS control panel. Just browse to the folder you want and select SSL then check the checkbox,
If you have another type of server then you will have to have a look for yourself, but I am pretty sure it will be simular.
Another way around it is to use a canonical tag.