Duplicate content

  • Resolved 3r3ct0r

    (@3r3ct0r)


    4 years, 4 months ago

    The sportspress plugin has been creating duplicate content for me for some time.

    Indeed, Google indexes me pages like these:
    http: //www.domain.tld/sp_result/firsthalf/page/5102.
    Or :
    http: //www.domain.tld/sp_result/goals/page/5252.

    Which are only carbon copies of my home page, with pagination (Home archive page 5252 for example).

    How to remove this parameter and the indexing of these URLs?

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  • Plugin Contributor Savvas

    (@savvasha)

    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hi @3r3ct0r ,

    With a 3nd party SEO plugin like Yoast SEO you can control what to be indexed by Google.

    Thanks,
    Savvas

    Roch

    (@rochesterj)

    4 years, 4 months ago

    Indeed, you can use an SEO plugin to remove them or use a robots.txt file.

    I’m closing this one as this isn’t a SportsPress issue per see (you can fix it with available tools for SEO).

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter 3r3ct0r

    (@3r3ct0r)

    4 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks but no, we can’t use Yoast to use noindex in sp_result .
    All other options are configurable, except this sp_result URL, which displays nothing in particular.

    I had already checked before posting.
    What does this parameter correspond to, since it does not actually display results?

    In addition, robots.txt does not prevent indexing of pages, noindex is no longer supported by google in this file.

    Not being able to put a parameter via Yoast, my question seems legitimate ^^

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by 3r3ct0r.
    Roch

    (@rochesterj)

    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hi there!

    Thanks for your reply.

    I think my wording was inaccurate. Since this isn’t a feature we have at the moment (the ability to remove these pages) then this isn’t a support request, this is a feature request.

    Maybe Savvas has another idea on how to solve this, but unfortunately, we can’t help via support for features we don’t have.

    It is certainly a legitimate question, just not a support issue.

    Another idea is adding custom templates for these items (as per WP guidelines on how to create templates for custom post types) and use noindex or even 301 redirects, or maybe a plugin for redirects for all these items.

    Thanks!

    Plugin Contributor Savvas

    (@savvasha)

    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hi @3r3ct0r,

    sp_result is a custom post type that is used “internally” by SportsPress for storing the results of an event etc. Like this “secondary cpt” there are more in SportsPress. i.e. sp_outcome, sp_column, sp_metric, sp_spec, sp_performance etc..

    Those custom post types are not linked in any page created by SportPress. So it is impossible for Google to discover and index them. Only if for some reason you include them in your sitemap. But even this is a little bit tricky to do it. Yoast SEO for example, will not include any of those secondary cpt to your sitemap.

    For some reason Google actually indexed sp_result links. You need to remove them manuall using the Google Search Console tool. Look here for more info https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9689846

    Thanks,
    Savvas

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