Duplicate Content Options

[michelo]

Hello To All,

I have been working on a e-commerce site and after getting the site scanned by a site scanner that emulates Googles bots and the things that are taken into consideration when makeing a site map for Google and other engines. When my site is scanned I continue to get a warning that I have duplicate content. I have checked every aspect of my site and find no duplicate content. The correction they requested was to redirect my links in the following manner:

http://www.myDomain.com redirecting the http://www.mydomain.com/index.html to http://www.myDomain.com

This is where they get the duplicate content issue they indicate that the bots are indexing both the http://www.myDomain.com and http://www.mydomain.com/index.html

Is this a 301redirect issue or a .htaccess issues an will these corrections to the job.

Thank you any responce will be very helpful and I will be very greatful

michelo

[Peter1968]

I'm not sure what this emulator is talking about. If you have index.html set up as a DirectoryIndex entry in your .htaccess or httpd.conf, then all is fine.

However, apache will append a "/" to any request made to a domain name without a trailing slash (I assume IIS and others do this too.)

What's your actual domain so we can have a look at it? I strongly suspect that this Google emulator you have is giving you a false positive.

[michelo]

I'm not sure what this emulator is talking about. If you have index.html set up as a DirectoryIndex entry in your .htaccess or httpd.conf, then all is fine.

However, apache will append a "/" to any request made to a domain name without a trailing slash (I assume IIS and others do this too.)

What's your actual domain so we can have a look at it? I strongly suspect that this Google emulator you have is giving you a false positive.

The name of the program is sitescan it is in Beta testing. (thebarstoolman.com)

[Peter1968]

Not sure what this program is seeing - that site generates a 200 OK message.

http://www.thebarstoolman.com/

False positive, as I suspected.

Mind you, your site has a number of errors.

CODE

Result: 11 errors / 60 warnings

line 1 column 1 - Warning: missing <!DOCTYPE> declaration
line 35 column 105 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Screen"
line 35 column 117 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Store_Code"
line 51 column 101 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Screen"
line 51 column 113 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Order"
line 51 column 121 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Store_Code"
line 59 column 106 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 63 column 89 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 71 column 89 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 75 column 94 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 95 column 79 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 107 column 89 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 115 column 84 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 143 column 77 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 286 column 9 - Warning: missing </span> before <ul>
line 289 column 1 - Warning: inserting implicit <span>
line 289 column 1 - Warning: missing </span> before <div>
line 289 column 31 - Warning: inserting implicit <span>
line 289 column 106 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 296 column 115 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 308 column 38 - Warning: discarding unexpected </span>
line 329 column 17 - Warning: missing <td>
line 330 column 19 - Warning: discarding unexpected <td>
line 329 column 17 - Warning: missing </form>
line 342 column 17 - Error: discarding unexpected </form>
line 364 column 17 - Warning: missing <td>
line 365 column 19 - Error: discarding unexpected <td>
line 364 column 17 - Warning: missing </form>
line 377 column 17 - Error: discarding unexpected </form>
line 387 column 88 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Store_Code"
line 387 column 103 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Product_Code"
line 387 column 120 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Category_Code"
line 396 column 17 - Warning: missing <td>
line 397 column 19 - Error: discarding unexpected <td>
line 396 column 17 - Warning: missing </form>
line 409 column 17 - Error: discarding unexpected </form>
line 430 column 17 - Warning: missing <td>
line 431 column 19 - Error: discarding unexpected <td>

[michelo]

Not sure what this program is seeing - that site generates a 200 OK message.

http://www.thebarstoolman.com/

False positive, as I suspected.

Mind you, your site has a number of errors.

CODE

Result: 11 errors / 60 warnings

line 1 column 1 - Warning: missing <!DOCTYPE> declaration
line 35 column 105 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Screen"
line 35 column 117 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Store_Code"
line 51 column 101 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Screen"
line 51 column 113 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Order"
line 51 column 121 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Store_Code"
line 59 column 106 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 63 column 89 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 71 column 89 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 75 column 94 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 95 column 79 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 107 column 89 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 115 column 84 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 143 column 77 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 286 column 9 - Warning: missing </span> before <ul>
line 289 column 1 - Warning: inserting implicit <span>
line 289 column 1 - Warning: missing </span> before <div>
line 289 column 31 - Warning: inserting implicit <span>
line 289 column 106 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 296 column 115 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 308 column 38 - Warning: discarding unexpected </span>
line 329 column 17 - Warning: missing <td>
line 330 column 19 - Warning: discarding unexpected <td>
line 329 column 17 - Warning: missing </form>
line 342 column 17 - Error: discarding unexpected </form>
line 364 column 17 - Warning: missing <td>
line 365 column 19 - Error: discarding unexpected <td>
line 364 column 17 - Warning: missing </form>
line 377 column 17 - Error: discarding unexpected </form>
line 387 column 88 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Store_Code"
line 387 column 103 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Product_Code"
line 387 column 120 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&Category_Code"
line 396 column 17 - Warning: missing <td>
line 397 column 19 - Error: discarding unexpected <td>
line 396 column 17 - Warning: missing </form>
line 409 column 17 - Error: discarding unexpected </form>
line 430 column 17 - Warning: missing <td>
line 431 column 19 - Error: discarding unexpected <td>

Thank You Peter looks like I have a lot of validating (someone else coded it I'm just trying to get the site out of the supplemental trash can) I did see the generate site results but in the summary they told me of the issue that I was speaking about. Thank you Again