Magento Multistore and Duplicate Content

dominator

Hey all,

I am currently optimizing a Magento Multistore running with two store views (one per language).

Now when I switch from one language to another the urls shows:

The same page can also be reached by just entering

The question is: Does Google consider this as Duplicate Content or it it nothing to worry about?

Or should I just do a dynamic 301 redirect from the 1st version to the 2nd?

I read about some hacks posted in diferent magento forums but as I am working for a customer I want to avoid hacks.

Also setting "Add Store Code to Urls" didn't help.

Highland

You need to use a canonical tag to prevent any duplication because, you are right in that the query string will make the pages duplicate.

There is a Magento plugin that will add them to your site. This is the accepted method to avoid the problem.

footd

Hi Highland,

I have the very same problem than Stefan.

The SEOMOZ software tells me this is considered duplicate content.

I got to the Magento plugin website but it seems it is not compatible with Magento 1.7. Do you know a plugin that it is with this version?

Stefan - can you please send me the links where you hve found the hacks? I am going to have a look to see if I can apply it.

Thanks and regards

dominator

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