Comments on: Q and A: Why is Google indexing 2 different pages as the same ? http://www.ask-kalena.com/q-and-a/why-is-google-indexing-2-different-pages-as-the-same/ Your Daily Search Engine Advice Column Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Webconsulting http://www.ask-kalena.com/q-and-a/why-is-google-indexing-2-different-pages-as-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-22867 Webconsulting Sun, 24 May 2009 23:35:01 +0000 http://www.ask-kalena.com/?p=813#comment-22867 I agree g1smd - the canonical form should not include a file path - however, a problem still arises when site owners (or developers) create different pages, with different content for more than one of the widely recognised "home pages" - and then link to them internally. It shouldn't be an issue if internal links are consistent, as the server should also default to the same "home" page - but it's just not very clever to create different pages for more than one of the pages listed above. I agree g1smd – the canonical form should not include a file path – however, a problem still arises when site owners (or developers) create different pages, with different content for more than one of the widely recognised “home pages” – and then link to them internally.

It shouldn’t be an issue if internal links are consistent, as the server should also default to the same “home” page – but it’s just not very clever to create different pages for more than one of the pages listed above.

]]> By: g1smd http://www.ask-kalena.com/q-and-a/why-is-google-indexing-2-different-pages-as-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-22526 g1smd Thu, 21 May 2009 22:50:45 +0000 http://www.ask-kalena.com/?p=813#comment-22526 index.php or index.html ? Which filename is used inside your server is irrelevant, the canonical URL for the root of your site should be www.example.com/ with no filename mentioned at all. In fact, any request for any index or default file at any folder depth should be served with a 301 redirect to strip that name off, the new URL ending with a slash. On Apache, that's just a couple of lines of code. index.php or index.html ?

Which filename is used inside your server is irrelevant, the canonical URL for the root of your site should be http://www.example.com/ with no filename mentioned at all.

In fact, any request for any index or default file at any folder depth should be served with a 301 redirect to strip that name off, the new URL ending with a slash.

On Apache, that’s just a couple of lines of code.

]]> By: Robert K http://www.ask-kalena.com/q-and-a/why-is-google-indexing-2-different-pages-as-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-22047 Robert K Mon, 18 May 2009 07:52:42 +0000 http://www.ask-kalena.com/?p=813#comment-22047 thanks Andy - very useful information here. I was struggling for a while with my website when the index.php took precedence over the index.html. Now I know why. I'm thinking that perhaps nowadays index.php/html (only one of them) is the right one for the job. thanks Andy – very useful information here. I was struggling for a while with my website when the index.php took precedence over the index.html. Now I know why. I’m thinking that perhaps nowadays index.php/html (only one of them) is the right one for the job.

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