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    • Craze_Media
      Craze_Media last edited by

      Hi, my friend has asked me to take a look at his site. I only know the basics of SEO so I'm learning along the way. He has some duplicate title errors showing in Moz, resulting to this page:

      https://www.domainname.com/about/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers/money-transfers

      This URL shows the 'About' page. I have tonnes of pages like this showing with really long URLs that result an actual page.

      Has anyone seen something like this before? I don't have a clue how this is showing the about page

      Any advice is greatly appreciated.

      Thanks

      James

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      • rjonesx. 0
        rjonesx. 0 last edited by

        The page likely has a relative link that is incorrectly coded.

        http://www.domain.com/about/money-transfers/

        probably has a link like...

        something instead of something

        because of this, the bot then visits /about/money-transfers/money-transfers, where it finds the same link.

        Your CMS also likely always looks at the last or first directory to determine the page, which then causes it to render a 200OK over and over again.

        Fix the link and you should be good.

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        • DmitriiK
          DmitriiK last edited by

          Hi there.

          Looks like redirect (rewrite rule) loop. Check your htaccess.

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          • Craze_Media
            Craze_Media @DmitriiK last edited by

            Thanks for your reply, I will speak to the developer

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            • Craze_Media
              Craze_Media @rjonesx. 0 last edited by

              Thanks for your reply, much appreciated

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