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1. jlharrigan
   Member

   Search engines see all these as duplicate content:
   http://www.myblog.com/my-blog-post
   http://www.myblog.com/my-blog-post/
   http://myblog.com/my-blog-post
   http://myblog.com/my-blog-post/

   The following links discuss 301 redirects and the .htaccess file:

   http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-url-canonicalization/
   http://www.jimwestergren.com/wordpress-users-sharpen-your-urls-with-google/

   I'm not sure we have access to .htaccess on pressharbor. Can you tell me what to do about this to avoid duplicate content?

   Posted 7 months ago #

2. PressHarbor Support
   Key Master

   Are you asking because you read this on some site somewhere or are you asking because you see this as an actual problem on your live site? I don't see that this is actually an issue, perhaps you are reading some outdated web page somewhere which stated that this was an issue at some point in the past?

   If you can demonstrate that this is really an issue, I would be glad to look into it. As far as I can see, this "normalization" of URLs was taken care of by Wordpress some time ago.

   Posted 7 months ago #

3. jlharrigan
   Member

   I am trying to avoid an issue before going live, so no I don't see it as a current issue. I ask because I'm seeing this discussed on site after site as a top problem. These are current sites and current copyright 2008 books.

   I have heard in the meantime that the all in one seo pack plugin takes care of this duplication of content issue. I am hoping that is the case.

   Posted 7 months ago #

4. PressHarbor Support
   Key Master

   I ask because I'm seeing this discussed on site after site as a top problem. These are current sites and current copyright 2008 books.

   It is not an issue with the version of Wordpress installed here at PressHarbor. Try it and you will see, remove the www from your website address and you will see you (and any search engine as well) will be properly redirected to the www version of your site. Also try removing the trailing slash, you will see you are properly redirected to the normalized URL, which is the version with the trailing slash.

   I have heard in the meantime that the all in one seo pack plugin takes care of this duplication of content issue. I am hoping that is the case.

   Again, this is not an issue on your site so if you are installing that plugin solely for the concerns you explained above, it is not necessary.

   Posted 7 months ago #

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