Google - Site Pages Duplicate Issue !!

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by topforeignstocks, Jul 3, 2011.

  1. #1
    Can anyone reply to this post? Please...

    I just posted one article but it is duplicated in Google as :
    http://topforeignstocks.com/wp/2011/07/03/the-top-five-trade-partners-of-japan/

    http://topforeignstocks.com/2011/07/03/the-top-five-trade-partners-of-japan/

    and both are working.


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    Google has marked over 2000 of my site's pages as duplicates. I realized the problem and fixed it by changing the .htaccess file as below but I am not sure if my fix will solve the issue. Traffic has plunged heavily because of this.

    Example:
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    SAMPLE Page Issue:
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    http://topforeignstocks.com/2010/11/03/is-canada-a-play-on-china/ = PR 1

    http://topforeignstocks.com/wp/2010/11/03/is-canada-a-play-on-china/ = PR 0

    .htaccess file - BEFORE:
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    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]


    .htaccess file - AFTER:
    ---------------------------
    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /wp/
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /wp/index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    Will the above solution fix the duplicate issue? Or Do I need to add code in htaccess file to redirect all pages without wp folder in it to one with wp in it?

    Thanks a lot in advance.

    -David
     
    topforeignstocks, Jul 3, 2011 IP