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    • trixmediainc
      trixmediainc last edited by

      I saw some urls of my site showing duplicate page content, duplicate page title issues on crawl reports.

      So I have set canonical url for every urls , that has dupicate content / page title.

      But still SeoMoz crawl test is showing issue. I am giving here one url with issue.

      The below given urls shown duplicate content and duplicate page title with some other urls all are given below.

      Checked URL

      http://www.cyrusrugs.com/bridge-traditional-area-rug-item-7635

      dup page content

      http://www.cyrusrugs.com/bridge-traditional-area-rug-item-7622&category_id=270&colors=Black_Tones&click=colors&ci=1
      http://www.cyrusrugs.com/bridge-traditional-area-rug-item-7622

      dup page Title

      http://www.cyrusrugs.com/bridge-traditional-area-rug-item-7636&category_id=270&sizes=12x15,12x18&click=sizes
      http://www.cyrusrugs.com/bridge-traditional-area-rug-item-7636
      http://www.cyrusrugs.com/bridge-traditional-area-rug-item-7622&category_id=270&colors=Black_Tones&click=colors&ci=1
      http://www.cyrusrugs.com/bridge-traditional-area-rug-item-7622

      But I have set canonical url for all these urls already , that is :-

      http://www.cyrusrugs.com/bridge-traditional-area-rug-item-7622

      This should actually solve the problem right ? Search engine should identify the canonical url as original url and only should consider that.

      Thanks

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      • SamuelScott
        SamuelScott last edited by

        I think your canonical tag is not formatted correctly. Here is Google's guide.

        You have:

        Google says:

        In theory, I don't see why that would make a difference, but I've always seen the tag elsewhere and use it on my sites as per Google's version. If that doesn't work, then Google's page linked above has alternate ways to define the canonical URL. Good luck!

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        • OlegKorneitchouk
          OlegKorneitchouk last edited by

          Although the canonical should solve the issue, try adding a ? after your url and before your variables - that is the default way variables are declared and couple help solve problems.

          http://www.cyrusrugs.com/bridge-traditional-area-rug-item-7636&category_id=270&sizes=12x15,12x18&click=sizes

          to

          http://www.cyrusrugs.com/bridge-traditional-area-rug-item-7636**?**category_id=270&sizes=12x15,12x18&click=sizes

          You should also try Sam's suggestion.. although I too don't think should make a difference.

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