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      • jesse-landry
        jesse-landry last edited by

        Well it doesn't really matter to me which one points to which one as the canonical version, but yes those are duplicate pages and one of them needs to be declared the authority. So it is up to you which you decide you'd like to have listed in Google's SERPs. Whichever one you decide you want listed, the canonical tag on both should point to. So if it's the tennis one you want listed, the gold one should have a canonical tag pointing to tennis and the tennis page should have a canonical pointing to itself.

        Make sense? Hope this helps.

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        • jesse-landry
          jesse-landry last edited by

          Quick Extra Tip - Work on your site's loading time. I almost left it was taking so incredibly long. This is the best thing you could possibly do to boost your conversions and minimize your bounce rate. Good luck!

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          • pinksgreens
            pinksgreens @jesse-landry last edited by

            Thankyou so much for the help. The slow loading time is because of an issue with the DNS server. We are working hard to get it fixed.

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            • jesse-landry
              jesse-landry @pinksgreens last edited by

              No problem! Glad to hear you're working on it. I just know that will help your site so very much.

              Good luck!

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