How do I fix this duplicate content?

by sumbu
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I have a site that I didn't build myself and it seems that the structure is set up so there are essentially two pages that are exactly the same - what is the best solution here?

Thanks in advance.
#content #duplicate #fix
  • Profile picture of the author bluelambda
    I suggest you edit your .htaccess to put in a mod_rewrite rule to redirect and rewrite the index.php file.

    I can't post links yet because my post count is too low. Try to google for "Ultimate Guide to htaccess and mod_rewrite".

    Hope that helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author Solidsnake
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    Honestly, I don't really think that would be a problem...
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  • Profile picture of the author sumbu
    Thanks for your responses. I had a look at other sites and it seems pretty common that the home page is also the /index page so maybe not.

    Is there a free tool that you can use to check for duplicate pages in your website? I found one that costs $39 but I can't find any free ones.

    I have a feeling that there may be some pages where different versions of the same page exsist. It is a really complicated site so the directory structure is very confusing. We cleaned up alot of it but I found two more pages today that look to be the same with a slightly different URL (for instance web/products or web//products).

    Any advice?
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  • Profile picture of the author sumbu
    Thanks for that, I didn't think of using the site: search. It turned up about 12 pages I don't want displayed, I will use a redirect for those just in case.

    Thanks again!
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  • Profile picture of the author CliveG
    It's a good idea to make sure that all of the links within the site that point to the home page link to ... .com/ and not to ... .com/index.php. Do the same when you submit your site to directories etc. and when you get backlinks from other sites.

    As others have suggested you could also do a 301 redirect.

    This is such a common problem and unlikely to be a source of abuse that I would have thought that Google has some form of override for it, but of course we never know!
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