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1. heronakamura
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Just a quick question re: permalink

   I'm using mysite.com/postID/post-name/ url permalink. However, typing mysite.com/postID/ returns the post as well. i.e. the same content is viewable on two different url's

   1. mysite.com/postID/post-name/ - the permalink i'm using
   2. mysite.com/postID/ <--- viewable on this url as well

   Wouldn't you consider this a duplicate content issue as the same post is accessible on two different url i.e 1 and 2?

   Anyone, got any solution on this? It would be nice if those that uses mysite.com/postid or mysite.compostid/ gets redirected to mysite.com/postid/postname/

2. heronakamura
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I wish someone would be nice to answer this question.

3. heronakamura
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Apologies for resurrecting this thread. I'm just worried that it's been missed and burried.

4. heronakamura
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   still not having any luck from this.

5. Charlotta
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm researching this right now, and as far as I understand:

   1) The fact that the mysite.com/postID takes you to the post as well is actually a usability advantage. If you cut and paste a link from an email for example, and get either too few or too many characters,you still arrive at the intended page. You can also use mysite.com/postID as a short link in Twitter and similar places.

   2) If you use a canonical link, that is, a link which says "this is what this page is supposed to be called and nothing else", then google will see that and not punish you for duplicate content. See Googles own blog.

   I have read that WordPress as of version 2.9 includes the canonical link by default, but when testing on my own installation it doesn't show up. But there are plugins that take care of it.

6. soumyasm
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I was also looking for the same solution. Apparently it doesn't create duplicate content. Check this http://www.wplover.com/760/wordpress-short-url-using-post-id-plus-its-effect-on-seo/

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