• MoreVisibility SEO blog, Friday, October 17, 2008 4 PM

Make sure the same content on your site isn't accessible from several URLs. It could hinder search engines from finding the Web pages. In Part 5 of this series, Jordan Sandford takes us through fixing problematic Un-canonical URLs. Previous posts detailed how to fix protocols, domains and subdomains, URL paths, file names, case sensitivity, and query strings. Today, we learn about fixing a combination of any or all of the above.

Any combination of these problems may be hidden on your site. All are potential snafus that arise from attempting to make the Internet easier and more forgiving to Web surfers.

It's important to remember the underlying design of the Web was created before search engines like Google existed, and before duplicate content issues became a problem. Sandford suggests you build sections of your site from the ground up with these solutions in mind to avoid un-canonical URLs.

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