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    • IceIcebaby
      IceIcebaby last edited by

      If there are two URLs like below:

      example.com/toys/batman-toys
      example.com/birthday/batman-toys

      Both have the exact same everything, except URL key. The first example ranks for all KWs and search terms in the SEs. Does having the second page hurt my ranking potential for the first page? Should I redirect the 2nd page to the first or just leave it?

      As always, thanks for your help.

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      • 0102345
        0102345 last edited by

        Having a second page with duplicate content can hurt your rankings. I would re-direct

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        • WhoWuddaThunk
          WhoWuddaThunk last edited by

          This would be a good place to utilize a canonical.  You can specify which one you want to be as the main source, and which is the duplicate.

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