{"id":721,"date":"2025-04-27T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/?p=721"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:59:23","slug":"duplicate-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/duplicate-content\/","title":{"rendered":"How to resolve duplicate content in Joomla, WordPress &#038; Drupal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"digic-4119816800\" class=\"digic-bedfore-post digic-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4104817480020566\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4104817480020566\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Duplicate content can be defined as content that appears on the web in more than one place. It can also mean similar or exact copies of content on other websites or on different pages on the same website. To resolve Joomla duplicate content, we will look at the following causes, effects, and possible solutions in this post. So get a drink as we run through it together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" data-src=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/How-to-resolve-duplicate-content-in-Joomla-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to resolve duplicate content in Joomla\" class=\"wp-image-731 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/How-to-resolve-duplicate-content-in-Joomla-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/How-to-resolve-duplicate-content-in-Joomla-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/How-to-resolve-duplicate-content-in-Joomla-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1000px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1000\/666;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wikipedia defined duplicate content as follows :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Duplicate content is a term used in the field of search engine optimization to describe content that appears on more than one web page. The duplicate content can be substantial parts of the content within or across domains and can be either exactly duplicate or closely similar. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duplicate_content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Some are not deceptive in origin. Examples of non-malicious duplicate content could include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Discussion forums that can generate both regular and stripped-down pages targeted at mobile devices.<\/li><li>Store items shown or linked via multiple distinct URLs.<\/li><li>Printer-only versions of web pages.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-is-duplicate-content-bad-for-seo\">Why is duplicate content bad for SEO?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We will show you the reason why duplicate content is bad for SEO:<\/p><div id=\"digic-3699370690\" class=\"digic-get-free-material digic-entity-placement\"><p>Get <a title=\"TikTok SEO Cheats\" href=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/download\/tiktok-seo-cheats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TikTok SEO Cheat<\/strong><\/a> here<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>With numerous versions of content available, it becomes tough for search engines to determine which version to index, and subsequently show in search results. Hence, <strong>lowers performance for all versions of the content<\/strong>, since they&#8217;re competing against each other.<\/li><li>There is difficulty for search engines to consolidate link metrics (authority, relevancy and trust) for the content with other websites linking to more than one version of that content.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"can-i-get-a-duplicate-content-penalty\">Can you get a penalty for duplicate content?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The impact of duplicate content on your site is not helpful to your ranking as it lowers<strong> your SEO performance<\/strong>, but it doesn&#8217;t get you a penalty from Google <strong>as long as you didn&#8217;t intentionally copy someone else&#8217;s website<\/strong>. So the answer is NO!, as long as you do not copy someone else content from another site to yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"common-causes-of-duplicate-content\">Common causes of duplicate content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common culprit to <strong>duplicate content<\/strong> is often due to an incorrectly set up website. It is usually a technical issue and most likely never results in a Google penalty. Although, it can seriously harm your rankings on SERP. This makes it important to fix them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another cause is human error: content that is purposefully copied and published everywhere. With such intent, incurs penalties if they have malicious intent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"duplicate-content-due-to-technical-reasons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contentkingapp.com\/academy\/duplicate-content\/#duplicate-content-due-to-technical-reasons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>Duplicate content due to technical reasons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"non-www-vs-www-and-http-vs-https\"><strong>Non-www<\/strong> vs <strong>www <\/strong>and <strong>HTTP<\/strong> vs <strong>HTTPs<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This is sometimes termed canonical domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you do not configure your content well, it may be accessible through:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\">http:\/\/domain.com                     https:\/\/domain.com<br>http:\/\/www.domain.com                    https:\/\/www.domain.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend you select a preferred way of serving your content, and implement <strong>301 redirects<\/strong> for non-preferred ways that lead to the preferred version: <code><strong>https:\/\/www.domain.com<\/strong><\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"url-structure-casing-and-trailing-slashes\">URL structure: casing and trailing slashes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Search engines like Google take URLs that are case-sensitive. For instance, <code>https:\/\/domain.com\/url-n\/<\/code> and <code>https:\/\/domain.com\/url-N\/<\/code> are seen as different URLs. When you&#8217;re creating links, it&#8217;s easy to make a typo, causing both versions of the URL to get indexed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Please note that URLs aren&#8217;t case-sensitive for Bing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A forward slash (<code>\/<\/code>) at the end of an URL is called a <em>trailing slash<\/em>. Often URLs are accessible through both variants here: <code>https:\/\/doamin.com\/url-n<\/code> and <code>https:\/\/domain.com\/url-n\/<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution to  URL structure <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend you select a preferred structure for your URLs, and for non-preferred URL versions, implement a 301 redirect to the preferred URL version. this is called <strong>canonicalization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-does-duplicate-content-in-joomla-happen\">why does duplicate content happen in Joomla<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We discovered that the most common cause is due to multiple URLs redirecting to one destination.<br><br>All the unnecessary and unwanted URLs exist for one of the following reasons:<br><br>&#8211; A page is reachable from multiple menu items.<br>&#8211; www or non-www<br>&#8211; URL generates from Joomla Editor preview feature<br>&#8211; Included index.php or index.html at the end of a URL.<br>&#8211; Parameters in a URL<br>&#8211; Trailing Slashes at the end of a URL.<br>&#8211; Uppercase, a <strong>lowercase character<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even after enabling the SEF URLs in the Joomla Global Configuration, you still see these kinds of URLs get indexed by Google.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read also: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/change-your-web-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why you need to change your web host provider<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to fix the duplicate content in Joomla! Site<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have enlisted the best <strong>ways<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>to fix duplicate content in any Joomla site<\/strong>. We recommend that you enable SEF (<em>Search Engine Friendly <\/em>) URLs in the General Settings of Joomla Configuration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"#set\">Correct menu set-up<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"#301-redirects\">301 Redirects<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"#canonical\">Canonical tag<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"#meta-tag\">Meta tag robots<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"#extension\">Using an extension<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"#sitemap\">Submit sitemap<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"#console\">Using Google Search Console<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"set\"><strong>1. Correct menu set-up<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This problem can be caused when one article can be reached from multiple menu items. Besides coming from multiple menu items, the duplicate content may also come <strong>from the breadcrumb path or module assignments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Solution<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Avoid a new identical menu<\/strong>: Try creating<strong> a new \u201cmenu module\u201d and assign it in the position you want.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"519\" data-src=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/duplicate-content-corection.png\" alt=\"duplicate content corection\" class=\"wp-image-723 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/duplicate-content-corection.png 868w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/duplicate-content-corection-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/duplicate-content-corection-768x459.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 868px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 868\/519;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Using Menu item alias<\/strong>: You can find the feature in Joomla as follow: <strong>Add new menu item-&gt; Menu item type -&gt; Choose select -&gt; System links -&gt; Menu item alias<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"386\" data-src=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Menu-item-alias.png\" alt=\"Menu-item-alias\" class=\"wp-image-724 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Menu-item-alias.png 850w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Menu-item-alias-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Menu-item-alias-768x349.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 850px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 850\/386;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"301-redirects\"><strong>2. Use 301 redirects<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The 301 redirects are a technical way to direct both users and search engine bots to go to another address after clicking or typing a specific URL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: For Joomla users (step applicable to any website platform) can apply<strong> 301 redirects as follows<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Advanced rules in .htaccess<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Using redirect extension<\/strong>: There are many redirect extensions in Joomla. You can search in extension.joomla.org. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/joomlaseo.com\/seo-extensions\/redj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ReDj<\/a> is the most popular and effective according to Joomla community. So, my suggestion falls on this extension.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>I recommend you choose option <strong>2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advanced rules<\/strong> in .htaccess: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It usually looks like the code below:  .htaccess<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>RewriteEngine On<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>RewriteRule ^(.+)\/$ <\/strong><strong>http<\/strong><strong>:\/\/%{HTTP_HOST}\/$1 [R=301,L]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more .htaccess rules, you could read this <a href=\"https:\/\/linchpinseo.com\/htaccess-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">helpful guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read also: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/editor-encountered-unexpected-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The editor has encountered an unexpected error (WordPress error)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"canonical\"><strong>3. Canonical tag<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a way of telling search engines that a specific URL represents the master copy of a page. It aids to overcome problems caused by identical or &#8220;duplicate&#8221; content appearing on multiple URLs<br><br>For example, <strong>a page can be reached in 2 ways<\/strong>:<br><br><strong>https:\/\/www.domain.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;Itemid=125&amp;catid=15&amp;id=18&amp;lang=en&amp;view=article<\/strong><br>or<br><strong>https:\/\/www.domain.com\/abc<\/strong><br><br>If we insert the canonical tag after the section of the first link, <strong>it will tell<\/strong> <strong>Google that the second URL is the original, please index that one only<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The canonical tag is easy to use in a traditional website that is built just by HTML and other web design code. But this is for someone that has no coding knowledge using <strong>Joomla<\/strong> just like other CMS platforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be time-consuming for a Joomla user beginner as he\/she has to research a lot to be able to fix this. But with the use of the plugin on Joomla, you can do this within few minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a Free plugin called <strong>\u201cCustom Canonical\u201d<\/strong> on Joomla that can help you insert a canonical tag in articles, categories, tags, or menu items without hassle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to use the plugin to fix canonical issues on Joomla<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielmorell.com\/tools\/joomla\/custom-canonical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download<\/a> and install the plugin<\/li><li>Go to <strong>Extensions\/Plugins<\/strong> to <strong>enable<\/strong> the plugin called \u201c<strong>Custom Canonical\u201d<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Naviagte to <strong>Content\/Articles<\/strong>, click the <strong>Publishing tab<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Enter the original article URL to the \u201c<strong>Canonical URL<\/strong>\u201d field.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"466\" data-src=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Canoical-field-create-by-Custom-Canonical-plugin-1.png\" alt=\"Canoical-field-create-by-Custom-Canonical-plugin\" class=\"wp-image-725 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Canoical-field-create-by-Custom-Canonical-plugin-1.png 850w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Canoical-field-create-by-Custom-Canonical-plugin-1-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Canoical-field-create-by-Custom-Canonical-plugin-1-768x421.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 850px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 850\/466;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The canonical tag<\/strong> is the only way for a Joomla webmaster to <strong>deal with duplicate content<\/strong> both on and off the site<strong>.<\/strong> You can combine this with other solutions offered on this post to rid your site of duplicate issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"meta-tag\">4. Meta Tag Robots<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A better way to prevent duplicate content is the use of a <strong>meta tag robot <\/strong>to block a page from being indexed by search bots. This can be done easily on Joomla<br><br>You can find this feature in the Publishing tab of any article, category, or menu item option in Joomla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"595\" data-src=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Meta-tag-robots-in-Joomla-1.png\" alt=\"Meta-tag-robots-in-Joomla (1)\" class=\"wp-image-726 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Meta-tag-robots-in-Joomla-1.png 1008w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Meta-tag-robots-in-Joomla-1-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Meta-tag-robots-in-Joomla-1-768x453.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1008px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1008\/595;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Change the <strong>Robots field<\/strong> into <strong>No index<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a situation whereby you have 2 identical articles, you can tell Google not to index one of them, search bots will have to index the others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>FOLLOW<\/strong> \u2013 a command for the search engine bot to follow the links in that page<\/li><li><strong>INDEX<\/strong> \u2013 a command for the search engine bot to index that page<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"extension\">5. Using an extension<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This method is suitable for sites with a huge amount of pages. ie, a large site. From research and post by other cool bloggers I respect, I got the following<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For smaller sites, you can prevent the duplicate content issue by configuring htaccess file, robots.txt, canonical tag and possibly an extension for 301-redirects.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.joomla.org\/extension\/sh404sef\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SH404SEF<\/a>: Reviews showed it as one of the best SEO extensions for Joomla. It can help you with redirect task, insert metadata, canonical<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.joomla.org\/extension\/joomsef\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JoomSEF<\/a>: Possess similar features as sh404SEF, with it, you can manage your duplicate content issue<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.joomla.org\/extension\/redj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ReDJ<\/a>: extension built for just Redirect.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielmorell.com\/tools\/joomla\/custom-canonical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Custom Canonical<\/a>: Designed for adding a canonical tag. Free and easy to use.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/styleware.eu\/store\/item\/26-styleware-content-canonical-plugin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Styware plugin<\/a>: This plugin is also for adding a canonical tag in an article and category.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stackideas.com\/metaman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meta man<\/a>: allow you to manage your site metadata efficiently.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sitemap\">6. Submit sitemap<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sitemap is a protocol that permits a webmaster to inform search engines about URLs on a website that are available for crawling. It is an XML file that lists the URLs for a site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"600\" data-src=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sitemap-sample-index-1.jpg\" alt=\"sitemap sample index \" class=\"wp-image-729 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sitemap-sample-index-1.jpg 690w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/sitemap-sample-index-1-300x261.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 690px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 690\/600;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It also helps search bots crawl your site faster. How does this help to resolve the duplicate issue? search engine views the URLs in the sitemap as canonical URLs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For large sites, a sitemap could be a very efficient way to deal with duplicate content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is an extension on Joomla to help with <a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.joomla.org\/category\/structure-a-navigation\/site-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">these extensions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"console\">7. Using Google Search Console<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Search Console<\/a> is a powerful free tool that is available for you to use. Ensure Setting up your Google Search Console for SEO to aid you with visibility into your webpages\u2019 performance in search results. By using the Search results tab under Performance, you can find URLs that may be causing duplicate content issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"305\" data-src=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/duplicate-content-via-google-console.jpg\" alt=\"duplicate content via google console\" class=\"wp-image-730 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/duplicate-content-via-google-console.jpg 468w, https:\/\/digiconceptng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/duplicate-content-via-google-console-300x196.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 468px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 468\/305;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Check for these common copy issues:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>HTTP and HTTPS versions of the same URL<\/li><li>www and non-www versions of the same URL<\/li><li>URLs with and without trailing slash \u201c\/\u201d<\/li><li>URLs with and without query parameters<\/li><li>URLs with and without capitalizations<\/li><li>Long-tail queries with multiple pages ranking<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 3 ways we can use these<strong> tools to get rid of copy contents<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Submit sitemap<\/strong>: <\/li><li><strong>Choose preferred domain<\/strong> &#8211; to deal with www or non-www issue<\/li><li><strong>Using Parameter<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>:<\/p><div id=\"digic-3893446867\" class=\"digic-content_2 digic-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4104817480020566\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4104817480020566\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"in post\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We can see from the post above that you can resolve duplicate content in Joomla and also WordPress and Drupal as the problems are the same and the method of resolution is almost alike just a few differences and technicalities. 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