GENERATE KEYWORDS ISSUE
MIKEY250 said 2 years, 1 month ago:
Although some of my searches are now showing as (green) as ok so far a few are detecting 2 same webpages:
- http://www.wbd4u.co.uk
- http://www.webd4u.co.uk/index.html
Ive looked in root folder but can only see 1 of the above files. Can this be removed for me?
guye said 2 years, 1 month ago:
The problem is that the default (empty) root of your web site (www.wbd4u.co.uk) is the same as the index.html page. There is only 1 page for your home page but if it’s not specified (e.g. you type in the url http://www.wbd4u.co.uk/ ) the the site will show the content for the content for the default page which is http://www.wbd4u.co.uk/index.html
To improve your site for SEO you should only have 1 of these pages and the other one should do a 301 redirect the canonical page. For example, if you decided that the canonical home page for your site is http://www.wbd4u.co.uk/ then anybody that lands on the http://www.wbd4u.co.uk/index.html page should be redirected to http://www.wbd4u.co.uk/
If you chose the above pattern then you should also make sure that all the links on your site that point to the home page point to the root url: http://www.wbd4u.co.uk/
MIKEY250 said 2 years, 1 month ago:
All I know is I’ve created a website with the homepage called (index.wss) on my local pc & then uploaded it to godaddy!!
Q1. so there should only be one (index) file on godaddy!! Are you saying Im incorrect at this point?
Everywhere in godaddy Ive always added: http://www.wbd4u.co.uk and NOTHING ELSE!!
Q2. So when you now say to improve your site for SEO you should only have 1 of these pages and the other one should do a 301 redirect etc etc as you state above is news to me!!!
In my mind godaddy should no exactly at what stage Im at as I HAVE NOT COMPLETED IN FULL SEO and trying to go along once all areas are complete and resolve issues as I go along. Ive completed, Title, Description, keyword and a few others in the SEO Visibility list I now have 4 SEO Visibility features to complete and 80 issues with regards to H1 headings and 300-700 content etc etc.
Q3. If what godaddy state about 301 redirect is this because I have NOT completed SEO Visibility features, if so then Im only following this in the order godaddy presents?
nicholek said 2 years, 1 month ago:
@MIKEY250
I was just following up on this thread and hoping I could answer your questions.
You do not have two index pages. However, the main domain name and the index.html are being read as the same page through Search Engine Visibility and possibly through other Search Engines. They are basically reading these as two pages instead of one. If you have a Linux hosting account you can create the 301 redirect using the below information.
http://support.godaddy.com/help/5120
If you are using a Windows Hosting account this would need to be done through scripting and there are many ways to accomplish this.
I hope this clears up your 301 redirect questions. In regards to the other errors on your site you mention, a lot of those would need to be fixed by just fine tuning your site and following the suggestions within the tools.
-Nichole
MIKEY250 said 2 years, 1 month ago:
Hi thanks for the reply!
No I have never had a ‘Linux account’ as I have a ‘Windows account’
mike
DaveD said 2 years, 1 month ago:
@MIKEY250
There are ways to create redirects using a Windows platform. I recommend that you check out our article on using the URL Rewrite Module, which can be found here:
MIKEY250 said 2 years, 1 month ago:
Yes as per your Godaddy URL instruction I can confirm as I am also using a ‘Windows Hosting’ account that I am using IIS 7.0.
So what should I do as it still shows in my SEO Visibility showing both: http://www.wbd4u.co.uk & http://www.wbd4u.co.uk/index.html – ?
DaveD said 2 years ago:
@MIKEY250
So, to correct this you should create a rule to redirect requests for wbd4u.co.uk to wbd4u.co.uk/index.html, or vice versa. Once you have done that, you can have the page re-spidered by Search Engine Visibility (SEV) to have the URL list recreated. This should result in SEV displaying only one of the URLs in question, because the other is a redirect. Hope this helps!
MIKEY250 said 2 years ago:
Q1. OK so how do I do this, or are you referring to the 301 redirect mentioned earlier?
MIKEY250 said 2 years ago:
I have never used or have ever had a ‘Linux’ account so Im assuming that the ’301 redirect’ is NOT the answer!!
DaveD said 2 years ago:
@MIKEY250
No, you are actually right about the 301 redirect. But you won’t be using the Site Redirects Manager since this is only available on Linux. Instead, you need to use the URL Rewrite Module that is available for your Windows platform, hence the link which I provided previously. That will take you to a page which gave a description of the service, but you will need to build the actual redirect and include it in a web.config file on the account. Sorry for any confusion about my last response.
MIKEY250 said 2 years ago:
Hi,
Q1. As per last thread from (DaveD), it states to redirect but how as I am NOT using ‘Linux’ but am using ‘Windows’ account?
Once I’ve resolved this, it will be the majority of my SEV issues completed, except for just then adding my word content on each of my webpages!!
MIKEY250 said 2 years ago:
As you just replied to my message the other day, I was in process of asking the same question again so ignore my last.
I am now looking at the URL rewrite module you sent previously. Im hoping it is something I can do as not technical enough!!
DaveD said 2 years ago:
@MIKEY250
With basic issues like this, you can usually just use your preferred search engine to find what you need. I looked around and was able to find this, which looks like it would fit your needs perfectly:
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name=”Redirect to index.html” stopProcessing=”true”>
<match url=”^$” />
<action type=”Redirect” url=”index.html” redirectType=”Permanent”/>
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
If you copy that into a text file, save it as web.config and then to the root of your Hosting plan it should have the effect that you need to correct the duplicate URL issue.
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