Content Duplication - Zencart

[sidjain4you]

Hi Guys !!!

Based on crawler results, it shows that I have 188 duplicate content pages, out of which some are those in which I am not able to understand where the duplication is ???

The page created is unique. All the URL's are static, all titles, metat tags are unique.

How do I remove this duplication !!! I am using Zencart as a platform.

Thanks in advance for the help !!!

[benjaminmarcinc]

Hey,

Was the content ever the same? Did you recently update it? Is anything on the page the same or similar to other pages, did you maybe upload another version of your site on the server?

[sidjain4you]

Benjamin:

Thanks for response.

This is the page that is showing duplicate URL 3 times: http://champu.in/che-guevara-red-mens-round-neck-t-shirt-india

However, there is no other page like this. Content is somewhat similar on all the pages, but with unique ID's.

Not sure, if that is the only reason, but if that is so. All my pages should show duplicate error.

Please suggest.

[DragonSearch]

I've noticed that there are two versions of the link you provided:

http://champu.in/che-guevara-red-mens-round-neck-t-shirt-india

and

http://www.champu.in/che-guevara-red-mens-round-neck-t-shirt-india

Google see's these as two separate pages and, as a result, duplicate content. A 301 redirect should be created from one to the other to resolve this issue. Is this is happening across the site rel="canonical' needs to be implemented site wide.

^Caitlin

[sidjain4you]

Caitlin: Thanks !!! This is an immensely helpful suggestion !

Is there a preference on which one should be redirected to which one or it could be either ways ??

Thanks in advance for such great help

Really appreciated

[sidjain4you]

Hi Guys !!!

I have resolved this issue of www and non www.

Just a quick question: Crawl results are showing 1651 pages having temporary redirects. Was this the only cause or there is something else that has to be done.

Thanks for the help !!!

[DragonSearch]

Awesome! I checked it out and everything looks good.

Regarding the temporary redirects. I don't really have enough information to answer this question. A temporary, or 302 redirect, is seen by the search engines, as just that - temporary. Therefore, any authority does not pass through. In a 301 redirect, like the ones you created for the www. vs. non-www the authority passes through as the search engine understands the redirect to be permanent. Therefore, I would try and figure this out with your web developer.

In the meantime, I would download an extension such as Ayima Redirect Tool and take a look at the pages that have 302 redirects and where they are being redirect from. With the tool you may be able to figure out what is going on.

^Caitlin

[sidjain4you]

Great !!! Thanks for help Caitlin.

Downloaded the plugin.