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    • SouthernAfricaTravel
      SouthernAfricaTravel last edited by

      Hi all,

      very weird things happening to us. For the 3 URLs below, Google cache is rendering content from a different URL (sister site) even though there are no redirects between the 2 & live page shows the 'right content' - see:

      • http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://giltedgeafrica.com/tours/
      • http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://giltedgeafrica.com/about/
      • http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://giltedgeafrica.com/about/team/

      We also have the exact same issue with another domain we owned (but not anymore), only difference is that we 301 redirected those URLs before it changed ownership:

      • http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.preferredsafaris.com/Kenya/2
      • http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.preferredsafaris.com/accommodation/Namibia/5

      I have gone ahead into the URL removal Tool and got denied for the first case above ("") and it is still pending for the second lists. We are worried that this might be a sign of duplicate content & could be penalising us.

      Thanks!

      ps: I went through most questions & the closest one I found was this one (http://moz.com/community/q/page-disappeared-from-google-index-google-cache-shows-page-is-being-redirected) but it didn't provide a clear answer on my question above

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      • Chris.Menke
        Chris.Menke last edited by

        SouthernAfrica,

        On those giltedgeafrica.com pages, you have your rel=canonical set to pages on your southerafricatravel domain.  Revise those canonical  tags and I'll bet you'll be be OK.

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        • SouthernAfricaTravel
          SouthernAfricaTravel @Chris.Menke last edited by

          Thanks Chris,

          I can't believe I didn't pick this up myself....taken away at looking at a more complex issue/solution.

          Much appreciated.

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