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so how do I use the canonical tag since i can't 301 it?

Thanks Oleg

I can't 301 because I'm not using apache, still on frontpage.  I know its old, getting out my abacus now : )

does the 2 versions problem help to explain why my sales started dropping significantly after the google july 4th update? I know there were some SEO penalties in that update.  I also know a friendly competitor who saw a similar drop starting in early July.

Hi Jane

Thank you so much.  I am reviewing the link you provided.  I don't think I can 301 redirect because it is done in front page, not apache.  I have tried for years to find another platform but failed.  I spent years trying to figure out drupal, even ordered several books but no luck.  I tried concrete 5 and just using HTML 5 editor like coffee cup.  I keep struggling with getting them to work.  I've bought themes to use but can't get them operational.

I thought default.htm was supposed to be the home page, is that incorrect?

Mike

also on a page that moz ranks as an "F", I still rank high in organic results, see the results from when I searched for MWNTs below, I was 1st organic result.  If long form, multi walled carbon nanotubes I fell to 6th or 7th but still on  the first page.

https://www.google.com/search?q=mwnts&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb#channel=sb&q=mwnts&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

Thank you Oleg, Bryan, & Jane.  I am a rookie when it comes to web development but my pages always ranked well because enough Moz tips sunk in.   See the alert from last weeks crawl below.

Pages with High Priority Issues

98Duplicate Page Content24XX (Client Error)If we look at the home page, it has 3 URLs, see belowURLPage AuthorityLinking Root DomainsExternal Link CountInternal Link CountStatus CodeDuplicate URLsDownload Duplicates

cheaptubes.com the source for carbon nanotubes home page

http://www.cheaptubes.com3322611882003 duplicates

cheaptubes.com the source for carbon nanotubes home page

http://www.cheaptubes.com/default.htm2422622001 of 3 duplicates

cheaptubes.com the source for carbon nanotubes home page

http://cheaptubes.com2931502002 of 3 duplicates

cheaptubes.com the source for carbon nanotubes home page

http://cheaptubes.com/default.htm2410462003 of 3 duplicates    Does this help?-Mike

when moz crawls my site they say I have 2x the pages that I really have & they say I am being penalized for duplicate content.  I know years ago I had my old domain resolve over to my new domain. Its the only thing that makes sense as to the duplicate content but would search engines really penalize me for that? It is technically only on 1 site.  My business took a significant sales hit starting early July 2013, I know google did and algorithm update that did have SEO aspects.  I need to resolve the problem so I can stay in business