Canonicalization - duplicate homepage issues

[travelinnovations]

I'm trying to work out the best way to resolve an issue where Google is seeing duplicate versions of a homepage, i.e. http://www.home.co.uk/Home.aspx and http://www.home.co.uk/

The site runs on Windows servers.

I've tried implementing redirects for homepages before (for a different site on a linux server) and ended up with a loop, so although I know I can read lots of info (as I have been doing) and try again, I am really concerned about getting it wrong.

Can anyone give me some advice on the best way to make Google take just one version of the page?  Obviously link juice is also being diluted so I need to get this sorted asap.

Thanks.

[Audiohype]

Hi Alan,

It's not as easy being hosted on windows. I would suggest a 301 redirect from this URL to the homepage through IIS and after having a quick look around there seems to be this guide. http://www.hpseo.co.uk/301-redirect-tutorial-iis/

Have a look see if that helps. You could also try adding the rel=canonical tag into the head pointing to the homepage to help the search engines determine the right one.

Have a look at this article for the differences http://www.seomoz.org/blog/301-redirect-or-relcanonical-which-one-should-you-use

Ben

[travelinnovations]

Thank you for your help, will have a look at these links.