Duplicate page content errors for Web App Login

[Skemazer]

Hi There

I have 6 duplicate content errors, but they are for the WebApp login from our website.

I have put a Noindex on the Sitemap to stop google from indexing them to see if that would work. But it didn't.

These links as far as I can see are not even on the website www.skemaz.net, but are links beyond the website and on the Web App itself eg :

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| http://login.skemaz.net |
| http://login.skemaz.net/LogIn?ReturnUrl=%2Fchangepassword |
| http://login.skemaz.net/Login |
| http://login.skemaz.net/LogIn?ReturnUrl=%2FHome |

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards

Sarah

[katemorris]

Hi Sarah,

I can only see three pages in the index now.

Google tries to find any and all content people might want to find using their index. They have a number of ways to identify anything that might be of use.

Now you said that you put a noindex in the sitemap. That is new to me, sitemaps are used to index files, not to command a noindex. Typically, a noindex is placed within the page's code.

Can you clarify what you have already attempted? A noindex is best (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/93710?hl=en), teh page will still be crawled but cannot be put into the index.