"Duplicate Page Title" and "Duplicate Page Content" issue
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Hi
I am having an issue with my site showing duplicate page title and content issues for www.domain.com and www.domain.com/
Is the trailing slash really an issue?
Can someone help me with a mod_rewrite rule to sort this please?
Thanks,
Joe -
Thanks for the fast and informative reply. Issue has now been sorted
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This webmaster help video with Matt Cutts should help answer your question. And this blog post from SEOmoz should either help with the mod_rewrite or there are some links at the bottom that should get you in the right direction... hope it helps!
-Dan
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