Cant understand Seo moz analysis
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Did a semoz analysis of site www.1stclassdriving.co.uk and it came up with 484 pages with duplicate titles and 484 with duplicate content. Also gave me a 531st ranking for search term "Driving Lessons" (with many smaller schools with better rankings)- so I think that I may have a problem
1-Duplicate titles - I have many area pages - one for each of the post codes that we cover (some 40 odd) Each page is titled "Driving Lessons in "xxx" where xxx is the area.
Plus each Instructor has their own page which is tiled "Driving Lessons in xxx" where xxx is the more local towns/areas covered.
Is this the use of the term Driving Lessons xxx on each page the problem? The report doesnt seem to make this clear -it simply lists each page on the site2- Duplicate content puzzles me as the content does differ although each instructor page has probably 80% content derived from a master page.
Attach screenshot - hope someone can help
Many thanx
Brian
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Hi Brian.
Your site's analysis is correct. There are issues which need to be addressed.
Try entering in the below two URLs
http://www.1stclassdriving.co.uk/
http://www.1stclassdriving.co.uk
Both URLs bring up the exact same page. When you use the 2nd URL (without the trailing slash), the URL is automatically changed and the trailing slash is added, which is a good thing. Next, try using these two URLs:
http://www.1stclassdriving.co.uk/
Each of the above two URLs brings up your website. These are two different URLs which lead to the same page. This pattern holds true throughout your site. In short, your site is available in duplicate.
You can fix this issue by making a change on your server to ensure only one version of your site is available, and redirecting traffic to your chosen version.
The first step is to decide which version of your site you want to use, the "www" version or the "non-www" version. Either way is fine, but it is important you make a decision and stay consistent. For the purposes of this discussion, I will assume you prefer the "www" version since that is the style of link you offered in the Q&A.
You need to modify a server setting so your decision is enforced. The method of doing this will vary based on your software and server type. If you are unsure how to do this, contact your hosting company and let them know you wish to direct all traffic from the non-www version to the www version.
Once these steps have been completed, test them. Try accessing your home page and other pages without using the "www" and make sure the pages are still accessible, and show the "www".
The above change will resolve your current duplication title and content issue. You may have further issues, but they wont be visible until the above matter is addressed.
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Brian,
The system regards foo.com/bar.html as a duplicate of www.foo.com/bar.html.
Use a 301 redirect to fix that problem. I do not yet know if seomoz will take rel canonicals into account like the SEs do. Maybe someone else can answer that.
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