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    • IPIM
      IPIM last edited by

      I am getting flagged for duplicate content, SEOmoz is flagging the following as duplicate:

      www.adgenerator.co.uk/

      www.adgenerator.co.uk/index.asp

      These are obviously meant to be the same path so what measures do I take to let the SE's know that these are to be considered the same page.  I have used the canonical meta tag on the Index.asp page.

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      • Shane_Wedooz
        Shane_Wedooz last edited by

        You could set up a canonical tag to show Google that the urls contain the same page.  This would remove the duplicate content issue. For futher advice please  browse this link. http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html

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        • Shane_Wedooz
          Shane_Wedooz last edited by

          You could set up a HT access file to eradicate the issue and divert one page to the other

          http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html

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          • IPIM
            IPIM @Shane_Wedooz last edited by

            Thanks i understand and have already added the canonical URL to index.asp but the other URL does not exist as a page it is just the root domain so how do I add the Canonical URL to a page that doesnt actually exist

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            • IPIM
              IPIM @Shane_Wedooz last edited by

              Thanks for the link, a little over my head so I will pass on to my developer to have a look at.

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              • Shane_Wedooz
                Shane_Wedooz @IPIM last edited by

                This may make it a little easier to carry out.

                http://www.htaccessredirect.net/

                A 301 redirect to the root domain should do the trick.

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