Unusual situation, need advice please!
To avoid duplicate content and to prevent losing customers to my main site I use "no index, nofollow" tags on my digital site. (Customers are supposed to come from affiliate sites).
Now, I've just discovered that the last time I updated my digital site I left off the "noindex, nofollow" tags. The site is now #2 in Google just below my main site which is #1 for a major keyword!
I was wondering about my sudden upsurge in Clickbank sales! Of course, Clickbank is giving me the full commission so that's not a problem.
But what do I do now???
It's great having my two sites #1 and #2 but it's really not an ideal situation...
I'm surprised I haven't been penalized for having two sites with 98% identical content.
And it could cause confusion among visitors too.
What would you recommend doing?
Replace the "noindex, nofollow" tags and hope it gets deindexed?
Redirect the digital site traffic to my main site?
Change the content enough to make it original and leave it as is?
Set up a new domain for my affiliate traffic?
I'm sure there must be a way to rectify this while also taking advantage of the situation!
Thanks for any advice!
PS my PM system is broken. Sorry I can't help anymore.