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Google flags url parameter search pages as duplicate and unindexable despite unique content
My dynamic search pages are marked as duplicate content by Google (Alternate page with proper canonical tag) even though the content on the pages is different. Each page is on a single URL with ...
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.htaccess redirect from HTTP to HTTPS and add canonical
I am having a few problems with Google search console not validating any of my self hosted WordPress blog pages and I have tracked it down to (I think!) a redirect from HTTP to HTTPS.
This is my ....
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Two GH Pages site on the same domain
I have one GH Pages website at the URL username.github.io/project-name, which has a dedicated purpose. This has been around for some time, so I don't want to change its URL.
I then setup a second ...
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Duplicate, Google chose different canonical than user after redirecting to HTTPS and Non-WWW via HTACCESS
I have redirected the www version and http version to non-www and https so the URL will be like https://website.com using the following .htaccess code:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
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Google forcing HTTP as canonical, despite rel tag linking to HTTPS and despite HSTS enforced for entire TLD
I have a small personal website with a .dev TLD, which has HSTS enforced across the entire TLD. So my site is entirely HTTPS with Let's Encrypt certs and all that fun stuff. This year I've been ...
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How to Solve Pages with Duplicate Meta Duplicate Tags & Content Error due to multilingual pages?
I am using one of popular SEO tool and it showing me error of duplicate meta tags and content for below type of URL structures (I am taking as example) and I am working for agency.
www.example.com/abc/...
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How to manage internal links using short alternate URLs when the canonical URLs are complex to generate?
I am working on an existing e-commerce website where the canonical URL for product pages are long and complex to generate, hyphenated, and ending by the product id: https://example.com/brand-model-and-...
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How to redirect old domain URLs without the old website?
My client deleted their website and do not have a backup of it on the old domain. I need to redirect their old domain URLs in Google Search to the new domain. I have access to their old domain and ...
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What does "Disallow: /*URL" and "Disallow: /*.htmlURL" mean?
In the robots.txt file, under
User-agent: *
User-agent: Googlebot
# disallow the following specific files
there are the following lines. I don't understand the two Disallow lines:
Allow: /*.html
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Google chooses the home page rather than the language subdirectory to index and doesn't index any of the rest of the site
My website URL is text.example.com/en/
and the same URL is also defined in the canonical tag, but Google selects a different canonical URL by itself in which it does not include the language path so ...
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When doing URL forwarding from my custom domain from registrar to GitHub, mobile view doesn't work and gives tablet view instead
I have a website set up so that my custom domain forwards to my GitHub pages website. I set this so that it's easier to host static websites.
When I view my website through custom domain on mobile ...
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Removed AMP for WordPress Plugin and now "/amp" and "?nonamp=1" URLs have infinite self-redirect
Google Search Console(GSC) shows "Page with redirect" errors on my website. According to GSC, these posts are not indexed. That is fine. But look like the URLs with "/amp" and &...
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Descriptive URL's from user generated content | Worth it? | How to handle in case of edit | Which of my ideas is good practise?
I am building a quiz site.
User can create quizzes and choose a title for their quiz.
I was thinking about using the title with the ID in the URL and here I have multiple ideas, which all have multple ...
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Https non www version of URL not indexed
My website's https://example.org version of link is not being indexed by google. My canonical address is set to https://example.org but when inspecting google search console Coverage, it shows that
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How to correct company website classification at the database level from companies like Sophos
A Corporate client using web blocker such as Sophos cannot access our company website. Blocker comes back and indicates our site is "Sex Education" however it is mental health education. I ...
