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    • CMC-SD
      CMC-SD last edited by

      On two recent site crawls (9/27/14 and 11/4/14) for duplicate content the Moz tool did not ID the following 2 pages, which are 100% duplicate to each other:

      http://www.hooksandlattice.com/planter-hampton-241212.html ; Screenshot: http://screencast.com/t/DdwWroUU

      http://www.hooksandlattice.com/planter-hampton-721212.html ; Screenshot: http://screencast.com/t/8Lb1cJZmGrhX

      As I'm working feverishly to re-write and update the site (goal is ZERO duplicates) I'm finding it challenging to use the Moz tool to get the project done. Does anyone have any feedback or help they can provide for how I can identify all duplicate pages associated with my domain?

      Thank you!

      Lindsey Pfeiffer

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      • Linda-Vassily
        Linda-Vassily last edited by

        Do you check Google Webmaster Tools? Under Search Appearance > HTML Improvements Google will list duplicate titles and descriptions among other things, which might be a help to you.

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        • DavidLee
          DavidLee last edited by

          Hey Lindsey!

          I am not sure why our crawler did not flag those pages as they are 99% identical and are not sharing the same canonical URL. This is very strange and I'll send this up to our crawler engineer to obtain more insight.

          Will let you know what I find out once I hear back!

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          • DavidLee
            DavidLee last edited by

            Hi Lindsey

            Our engineers have confirmed that rogerbot will flag pages that are 100% identical but can sometimes miss pages that are 99% similar. The crawler is deliberately written to err on the side of not reporting false positives which means it sometimes can report false negatives which has occurred in your case. Using a combination of tools such as Webmaster tools can help isolate any pages we have missed.

            Hope this helps!

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