URL cloning

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by SallySEO, Jul 29, 2011.

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    How remove url cloning, my website run both www and non www. How to effect SEO result. What are the methods for this
     
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  2. uday11

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    this is called as Connanical Issue.. Google consider it as 2 websites.., so better rectify this problem ASAP.., u need rite a code in ".htaccess" file which is available in root folder of hosting server..,
     
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    mediapak Well-Known Member

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    Again it is not a big issue by google. If you site has old domain, google will not disturb your search results due to this
     
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    Alex-Brooks.co.uk Well-Known Member

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    PalmGeo Greenhorn

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    You can use canonical link element in the meta tags of your website. There you can define your preferred URL and Google will automatically consider these URL to your preffered URL.
    The other thing that you can do is put 301 redirect on the unwanted version of the URL.
     
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    Yes, this will impact your SEO. Your backlinks will split and you may not get complete credit of backlinking.

    - Set your preferred location Google webmaster tools.
    - Redirect your website version to preferred version of your website
     
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    Nijil Peon

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    Not a big issues, when you do submit your site in different directories or commenting or posting blogs and what kind of activity you do for your website put same URL and if you write www or without it.
     
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    it's called 301 redirect, you should redirect your website non-www to www. you should put a code at .htaccess, agreed with above people which are given reply for this thread.

    thank you
     
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    Here's what I make a habit of doing before I release and market my website:

    1. Open a text editor (I use Dreamweaver)
    2. Create a new document and save it as .htaccess (the dot must be there for the file to work)
    3. In this new file called .htaccess, copy and paste the following lines:

      RewriteEngine On
      RewriteBase /
      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.[B]yourdomain[/B].com [NC]
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://[B]yourdomain[/B].com/$1 [L,R=301]
      Code (markup):
    4. Replace yourdomain with your URL
    5. Now upload the .htaccess file to the root directory of your domain

    Your website links should now redirect to the non-WWW version.
     
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