Duplicate Content?
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Hi All,
I have a new client site, a static site with navigation across the top, and down the left side.
Two of the menus from the top navigation are replicated in the navigation structure on the left hand side. They have the exact same url structure, they are in fact the same exact page, listed on the site in two areas.
My question is - is this a case of duplicate content, or, as they urls are the exact same, will they be seen as a single page?
A canonical tag on one would be replicated on the other by the CMS - so do I leave it, or try to get them to re-structure removing one of the links? (I doubt they will do this as its a brand new site they just has developed).
Many thanks!
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There is a way to check.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/RC/tools/complete
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/intelligent-site-structure-for-better-se/
http://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-seo/#permalink-structure
http://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-theme/
http://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-seo/
However like the others I agree completely. If it is pointing at the same URL you should not have to change anything is simply navigation.
I hope this is going to help,
Thomas
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Hi,
Andie, thanks for your input too - again, confirming what I was thinking. Many thanks,
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Hi Matt,
Thanks for the reply - i'd rather not give the url out at this point - however I think you have confirmed my thinking on it. It does indeed have the exact same structure, and so yes, its a replication.
Many thanks.
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They'll be seen as a single page because they share the same URL.
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Have you got a link to the site Matthew? I'll take a look.
It sounds like just a replication of the menu to me? If so, this is perfectly fine - it just means more links going to the pages. If both links point to the exact same URL's then there are no issues at all.
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