Duplicate Content issue in Magento
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I am getting duplicate content issue because of the following product URL in my Magento store.
http://www.sitename.com/index.php/sports-nutritions/carbohydrates
http://www.sitename.com/sports-nutritions/carbohydrates
Please can someone guide me on how to solve it.
Thanks Guys
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Hi Ben,
For the specific issue you've noted, we simply need to add a snippet of code to your htaccess file to redirect all /index.php traffic to the root... https://yoast.com/magento-seo/#www Gives a good tutorial on how to do this depending upon where your base install is located.
If you are worried about duplicate content on product pages, I would definitely recommend you check out some of the SEO modules for magento (like yoast)... and fully check out that article on magento optimization.. they do a great job of covering the common magento issues, and I personally refer back to it quite often - https://yoast.com/magento-seo/
Cheers,
Jake
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