Duplicate content in Magento
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Hi all
We got some serious issues with duplicate content on a Magento site that we are marketing.
For example:
http://www.citcop.se/varmepumpar-luft-luft/panasonic/panasonic-nordic-ce9nke-5-0kw
http://www.citcop.se/panasonic/panasonic-nordic-ce9nke-5-0kw
http://www.citcop.se/panasonic-nordic-ce9nke-5-0kw
All of the above seem to work just fine as it is now but since they are excatly the same product they should ofcourse do a 301 redirect to the main page.
Any ideas on how to sort this out in Magnto without having to resort to manual work in .htaccess?
Have a great day
Fredrik
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Hi guys
Great suggestions and great comments. Think I got the most sorted out now.
BUT, got one major issue left:
As you can see here: http://www.citcop.se/varmepumpar-luft-luft the links to the actual product is not the same as the canonical URL for it?
Now the links on this page are like:
http://www.citcop.se/varmepumpar-luft-luft/panasonic-nordic-ce9nke-5-0kw
When they really should be(this is also the canonical url):
http://www.citcop.se/panasonic-nordic-ce9nke-5-0kw
I have setup magento to use a flat catalog structure but seems like the links in menus etc are still pointing to a URL using the complete path with category and all.
Any ideas how to get all links to a product to be the same?
Thanks
F
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You can set that under System > Catalog > Search Engine Optimizations > then set Use Categories Path for Product URLs to No.
That change wont be a problem, because they will redirect and you have already told google this is the canonical page: http://www.citcop.se/panasonic-nordic-ce9nke-5-0kw
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It looks like you have the canonical set to this page http://www.citcop.se/panasonic-nordic-ce9nke-5-0kw So you should be good there. That tells the SEs not to worry about the others.
This URL 404s http://www.citcop.se/panasonic/panasonic-nordic-ce9nke-5-0kw
You could 301 the others by going to Catalog > click Add URL Rewrite > then choose Custom in the dropdown. However, it looks like http://www.citcop.se/varmepumpar-luft-luft/panasonic/panasonic-nordic-ce9nke-5-0kw is using the category structure in the URL and the category tree in the left nav. You could use that one as the canonical.
We don't use category paths for product URLs on our site, runs on Magento, so product URLs are flat - domain.com/product-path.html
You can set that under System > Catalog > Search Engine Optimizations > then set Use Categories Path for Product URLs to No.
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There are some paid and free extensions available for Magento that should handle 301 redirects without manually editing the .htaccess file. I'm not sure what version of Magento you are using but here are the free ones -
http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/optimise-web-mass-301-redirects-1589.html
http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/smooth-move-seo-301-redirect-handler-3958.html
You can also manually add the 301 redirects within Magento - http://galathemes.com/magento-news/how-to-add-301-redirection-to-magento-28.html
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