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    How do I set up a 301 redirect if the default settings for our web servers create multiple URLs for the same page?

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    • ibex
      ibex last edited by

      How do I set up a 301 redirect if the default settings for our web servers create multiple URLs for the same page but only views it as one page?

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      • mozalbin
        mozalbin last edited by

        Are you using a self-hosted server or a web host? It might be a difference in the settings when doing the requested task that you ask for.

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        • ibex
          ibex @mozalbin last edited by

          GoDaddy

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          • AdoptionHelp
            AdoptionHelp last edited by

            To the apache server these URLs are all equivalent:

            www.mydomain.com/index.html

            mydomain.com/index.html

            www.mydomain.com/

            mydomain.com/

            But to the bots they represent different resources. The best way to deal with this is to set up a 301 redirect to either the www or non-www version, and then use rel=canonical to tell the bots how you want your pages indexed (most likely without the "index.html" part).

            If this doesn't answer your question, can you give a little more detail as to what you're trying to accomplish?

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            • ibex
              ibex @AdoptionHelp last edited by

              So the server will only let us edit a single page no matter how many URL's it has.

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