My client is using 2 different urls to display the same content. Lets say there is a page like A.http://www.abc.com/ClothesLadies/Shirts.aspx and a page like B.http://www.abc.com/clothesladies/shirts.aspx It's like using uppercase and lowercase. In whole site, these 2 variations have been used much. When we type the urls in the browser, the content is same. will it affect backlinks? and this practice should be left and we should use only one or please tell me if there is nothing wrong in this? will it effect seo?
This was an example only and abc is not an actual url. I just meant to gave the examples my site is using of uppercase and lowercase.
Totally Dupe !! Might result in Ban From google Search if they will be able to know that ... it is recommended to do a SEO Redirect instead of having dupe content on both URL's.
301 the uppercase URLs to the lower case URLs. You can add the below code in the .htaccess file to do this, make sure to make an entry for each URL you change. Redirect 301 /oldwebpage.html http://www.newsite.com/newpage.html Code (markup):
Hey, in this case duplicate content issue can arise because the same page is accessible through two diff URLs. When search engines crawl identical content through varied URLs, there may be several negative effects: 1. Having multiple URLs can dilute link popularity. For example, if you have 2 diff urls then links to your intended display URL may be divided 2 ways among the 2 distinct URLs. 2. Search results may display user-unfriendly URLs (long URLs with tracking IDs, session IDs) * Decreases chances of user selecting the listing * Offsets branding efforts However, to reduce duplicate content more broadly, Google suggests to use 301 redirect from one URL to other.
I'm sure you'll be penalized for duplicate content. Try re-writing the post or at least change 1/2 of it (rephrase, reword, rearrange).
Google will definitely penalize you for that move. Here is a site we did for a company called Signco here www.teamsignco.com A year later we seen that another place called Signco copied all of the content and pictures from our site into theirs. www.www.signcobakersfield.com Google has yet to penalize us, and we're trying to contact the webmaster to have it all removed but so far no luck.
If someone got a Wordpress blog you can use this redirect plugin instead of messing with your .htaccess file if you wanta www. or a none www. version of you're domain.