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    Will a "no follow" "no index" meta tag resolve duplicate content issue?

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    • McKeeMarketing
      McKeeMarketing last edited by

      I have a duplicate content issue. If the page has already been indexed will a no follow no index tag resolve the issue or do I also need a rel canonical statement?

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      • evolvingSEO
        evolvingSEO last edited by

        You need to use the rel=canonical statement to resolve the duplicate content issue.

        See the official Google documentation

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        • Getz.pro
          Getz.pro last edited by

          no follow will resolve juice being passed to it

          no indexed will keep it from being indexed by SEs (not what you want)

          Use the Canonical. Easy search on SEOmoz and search YouTube for Canonical to see Matt Cutts talk on this.

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          • McKeeMarketing
            McKeeMarketing @Getz.pro last edited by

            Actually, I don't want the duplicate page indexed. Will disallow robots.txt do the trick or do you still recommend the rel canonoical statement?

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            • Getz.pro
              Getz.pro @McKeeMarketing last edited by

              Correct, you don't, but you don't want it ignored either. Use the canonical attribute to refer back to the original content and transfer authority and juice.

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