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    Is this causing me to drop in rank?

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    • Carson-Ward
      Carson-Ward @NoahsDad last edited by

      I cleared my cache and I still see it on posts. I suppose it's worth asking if you have a caching/site speed plugin?

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      • NoahsDad
        NoahsDad @NoahsDad last edited by

        If you guys are both seeing it, I'm really confused. When I look at my source code, I see this:

        http://d.pr/GqOi

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        • NoahsDad
          NoahsDad @NoahsDad last edited by

          Yes, I do. I'm been clearing the cache.

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          • NoahsDad
            NoahsDad @NoahsDad last edited by

            What's strange is when I view the source on that page, I don't see it:

            http://d.pr/FUmo

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            • Carson-Ward
              Carson-Ward @NoahsDad last edited by

              I see the same as you for that post, but I still see the canoncial on posts like this:

              noahsdad.com/big-tex/

              This is why I'm thinking you might have fixed it, and we're just seeing an old static version of the page. Re-caching the pages and/or updating posts might fix it up.

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              • NoahsDad
                NoahsDad @NoahsDad last edited by

                @Carson,

                This is so odd. When I look at the page, I see this. Am I seeing something different than what you are seeing?

                http://d.pr/6RpW

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                • Carson-Ward
                  Carson-Ward @NoahsDad last edited by

                  We are definitely not seeing the same thing. Are you perchance using a content delivery network? It might just take some time to update if so.

                  I suggest we both keep an eye on it and make sure that it's fixed for both of us going forward 🙂

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                  • NoahsDad
                    NoahsDad @NoahsDad last edited by

                    Nope, no content delivery network. This is crazy.  No idea what's happening.

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                    • NoahsDad
                      NoahsDad @NoahsDad last edited by

                      Nope, no content delivery network. This is crazy.  No idea what's happening.

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                      • Dr-Pete
                        Dr-Pete @NoahsDad last edited by

                        I'm seeing the bad canonical tag gone now. Are you seeing the same thing? Maybe just had a short-term caching issue.

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                        • Carson-Ward
                          Carson-Ward @NoahsDad last edited by

                          Yeah, looks like I was of no use at all 🙂 I'm glad it's working.

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                          • ZoeAlexander
                            ZoeAlexander @Dr-Pete last edited by

                            Peter, I just discovered I have tons of duplicate content & titles. How can I fix them? It is hurting.

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                            • Dr-Pete
                              Dr-Pete @ZoeAlexander last edited by

                              I'm afraid there's no one, easy answer. I have a comprehensive post about dupe content here:

                              http://www.seomoz.org/blog/duplicate-content-in-a-post-panda-world

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                              • Esaky
                                Esaky @ZoeAlexander last edited by

                                That was great content sir ! i added the comments there - adding the same question here also !

                                This article is very huge and will print it for better understanding !

                                My problem with the blog is the Duplicate content is marked as for Search Terms or Tags ! like i have written 10 post about design art, i added tags as "design art" in the tag form. using WordPress.org self hosted website !

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