Getting rid of duplicate content
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Hi everyone, I'm a newbie and at the moment don't know very much about SEO. I have a problem with some of my campaigns where i keep getting a report with either Duplicate Page and/or Duplicate Content errors. I have no idea how to rectify this error, remove it or fix it on the relevant websites.
Can anyone please help explain how to do this, maybe step by step? I really appreciate your views and opinions!
Regards,
Hugh
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Hi Hugh,
Can you link us an example or two of your duplicate pages? It's quite hard to tell what might be causing it until I understand what your setup is like.
Thanks
Matt
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