Is anyone using Canonicalization for duplicate content
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Hi i am trying to find out if anyone is using
Canonicalization
for duplicate content on a joomla site. I am using joomla 1.5 and trying to find either a module or manually how to sort this out as i have over 300 pages of duplicate content because i am not using this technique
any help and advice would be great
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Hello Tim,
Assuming you are already using Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URLs, try this:
http://www.pathfindertech.net/joomla-1-5-and-link-rel-canonical-seo/
I had a look at the http://callprobest.com site mentioned as an example in that post, including the www. version, and it seems to be functioning correctly. They use the same version of Joomla you're using.
You may also need to use this SEF extension too if you haven't already:
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/site-management/sef/10134
Good luck!
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