How to redirect dynamically generated duplicate pages in .htaccess?
I have over 2000 dynamically generated duplicated pages like this:
https://www.example.com/subfolder/page1.html
and
https://www.example.com/subfolder/page1/
What i am trying to do is redirect all /subfolder/all-pages.html to /subfolder/all-pages/
Since it is very complicated to make those pages canonical as i use a custom script, how do i get to do this? One extra question if you dont mind, would that not be too much redirected pages for Google and SEO? It already hurt my SEO a lot. Thanks!
htaccess redirects 301-redirect
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paranoicparanoic
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I have over 2000 dynamically generated duplicated pages like this:
https://www.example.com/subfolder/page1.html
and
https://www.example.com/subfolder/page1/
What i am trying to do is redirect all /subfolder/all-pages.html to /subfolder/all-pages/
Since it is very complicated to make those pages canonical as i use a custom script, how do i get to do this? One extra question if you dont mind, would that not be too much redirected pages for Google and SEO? It already hurt my SEO a lot. Thanks!
htaccess redirects 301-redirect
asked 9 hours ago
paranoicparanoic
425
It would be useful to see your existing.htaccessfile as this would enable the solution to be better optimised for your particular case.
– MrWhite
8 hours ago
add a comment |
I have over 2000 dynamically generated duplicated pages like this:
https://www.example.com/subfolder/page1.html
and
https://www.example.com/subfolder/page1/
What i am trying to do is redirect all /subfolder/all-pages.html to /subfolder/all-pages/
Since it is very complicated to make those pages canonical as i use a custom script, how do i get to do this? One extra question if you dont mind, would that not be too much redirected pages for Google and SEO? It already hurt my SEO a lot. Thanks!
htaccess redirects 301-redirect
asked 9 hours ago
paranoicparanoic
425
I have over 2000 dynamically generated duplicated pages like this:
https://www.example.com/subfolder/page1.html
and
https://www.example.com/subfolder/page1/
What i am trying to do is redirect all /subfolder/all-pages.html to /subfolder/all-pages/
Since it is very complicated to make those pages canonical as i use a custom script, how do i get to do this? One extra question if you dont mind, would that not be too much redirected pages for Google and SEO? It already hurt my SEO a lot. Thanks!
htaccess redirects 301-redirect
htaccess redirects 301-redirect
asked 9 hours ago
paranoicparanoic
425
asked 9 hours ago
paranoicparanoic
425
asked 9 hours ago
paranoicparanoic
425
asked 9 hours ago
paranoicparanoic
425
asked 9 hours ago
paranoicparanoic
425
425
It would be useful to see your existing.htaccessfile as this would enable the solution to be better optimised for your particular case.
– MrWhite
8 hours ago
add a comment |
It would be useful to see your existing.htaccessfile as this would enable the solution to be better optimised for your particular case.
– MrWhite
8 hours ago
It would be useful to see your existing
.htaccess file as this would enable the solution to be better optimised for your particular case.– MrWhite
8 hours ago
It would be useful to see your existing
.htaccess file as this would enable the solution to be better optimised for your particular case.– MrWhite
8 hours ago
add a comment |
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I assume you are already linking to the URL of the form: /subfolder/page1/. In which case, you can do something like the following using mod_rewrite near the top of your .htaccess file in the root of your site:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteRule ^(subfolder/[^/]+).html$ /$1/ [R=302,L]
The RewriteCond directive that checks against the REDIRECT_STATUS environment variable may be required in order to prevent a rewrite loop (although whether this is required or not is dependent on how you are routing/rewriting your URLs later).
Note that this is a 302 (temporary) redirect. Only change to a 301 (permanent) redirect - if that is the intention - when you are sure it's working OK. This avoids any erroneous redirects being cached by the browser.
However, simply having these two URLs accessible should not have "hurt your SEO a lot", providing you were consistent in always linking to one version. (Unless you changed the URL structure later?)
answered 8 hours ago
MrWhiteMrWhite
31.7k33366
thank you @MrWhite , this worked perfectly! i only have concerns now, since this is 302 redirect which is not very SEO friendly, how do i change it to 301? just instead 302 write 301 or what? thanks once again this solved much more problems than only duplicate pages
– paranoic
6 hours ago
@paranoic Yes, that's the change to make. Be 100% sure it's working first, though!
– wizzwizz4
4 hours ago
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I assume you are already linking to the URL of the form: /subfolder/page1/. In which case, you can do something like the following using mod_rewrite near the top of your .htaccess file in the root of your site:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteRule ^(subfolder/[^/]+).html$ /$1/ [R=302,L]
The RewriteCond directive that checks against the REDIRECT_STATUS environment variable may be required in order to prevent a rewrite loop (although whether this is required or not is dependent on how you are routing/rewriting your URLs later).
Note that this is a 302 (temporary) redirect. Only change to a 301 (permanent) redirect - if that is the intention - when you are sure it's working OK. This avoids any erroneous redirects being cached by the browser.
However, simply having these two URLs accessible should not have "hurt your SEO a lot", providing you were consistent in always linking to one version. (Unless you changed the URL structure later?)
answered 8 hours ago
MrWhiteMrWhite
31.7k33366
thank you @MrWhite , this worked perfectly! i only have concerns now, since this is 302 redirect which is not very SEO friendly, how do i change it to 301? just instead 302 write 301 or what? thanks once again this solved much more problems than only duplicate pages
– paranoic
6 hours ago
@paranoic Yes, that's the change to make. Be 100% sure it's working first, though!
– wizzwizz4
4 hours ago
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I assume you are already linking to the URL of the form: /subfolder/page1/. In which case, you can do something like the following using mod_rewrite near the top of your .htaccess file in the root of your site:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteRule ^(subfolder/[^/]+).html$ /$1/ [R=302,L]
The RewriteCond directive that checks against the REDIRECT_STATUS environment variable may be required in order to prevent a rewrite loop (although whether this is required or not is dependent on how you are routing/rewriting your URLs later).
Note that this is a 302 (temporary) redirect. Only change to a 301 (permanent) redirect - if that is the intention - when you are sure it's working OK. This avoids any erroneous redirects being cached by the browser.
However, simply having these two URLs accessible should not have "hurt your SEO a lot", providing you were consistent in always linking to one version. (Unless you changed the URL structure later?)
answered 8 hours ago
MrWhiteMrWhite
31.7k33366
thank you @MrWhite , this worked perfectly! i only have concerns now, since this is 302 redirect which is not very SEO friendly, how do i change it to 301? just instead 302 write 301 or what? thanks once again this solved much more problems than only duplicate pages
– paranoic
6 hours ago
@paranoic Yes, that's the change to make. Be 100% sure it's working first, though!
– wizzwizz4
4 hours ago
add a comment |
I assume you are already linking to the URL of the form: /subfolder/page1/. In which case, you can do something like the following using mod_rewrite near the top of your .htaccess file in the root of your site:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteRule ^(subfolder/[^/]+).html$ /$1/ [R=302,L]
The RewriteCond directive that checks against the REDIRECT_STATUS environment variable may be required in order to prevent a rewrite loop (although whether this is required or not is dependent on how you are routing/rewriting your URLs later).
Note that this is a 302 (temporary) redirect. Only change to a 301 (permanent) redirect - if that is the intention - when you are sure it's working OK. This avoids any erroneous redirects being cached by the browser.
However, simply having these two URLs accessible should not have "hurt your SEO a lot", providing you were consistent in always linking to one version. (Unless you changed the URL structure later?)
answered 8 hours ago
MrWhiteMrWhite
31.7k33366
I assume you are already linking to the URL of the form: /subfolder/page1/. In which case, you can do something like the following using mod_rewrite near the top of your .htaccess file in the root of your site:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteRule ^(subfolder/[^/]+).html$ /$1/ [R=302,L]
The RewriteCond directive that checks against the REDIRECT_STATUS environment variable may be required in order to prevent a rewrite loop (although whether this is required or not is dependent on how you are routing/rewriting your URLs later).
Note that this is a 302 (temporary) redirect. Only change to a 301 (permanent) redirect - if that is the intention - when you are sure it's working OK. This avoids any erroneous redirects being cached by the browser.
However, simply having these two URLs accessible should not have "hurt your SEO a lot", providing you were consistent in always linking to one version. (Unless you changed the URL structure later?)
answered 8 hours ago
MrWhiteMrWhite
31.7k33366
answered 8 hours ago
MrWhiteMrWhite
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answered 8 hours ago
MrWhiteMrWhite
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answered 8 hours ago
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thank you @MrWhite , this worked perfectly! i only have concerns now, since this is 302 redirect which is not very SEO friendly, how do i change it to 301? just instead 302 write 301 or what? thanks once again this solved much more problems than only duplicate pages
– paranoic
6 hours ago
@paranoic Yes, that's the change to make. Be 100% sure it's working first, though!
– wizzwizz4
4 hours ago
add a comment |
thank you @MrWhite , this worked perfectly! i only have concerns now, since this is 302 redirect which is not very SEO friendly, how do i change it to 301? just instead 302 write 301 or what? thanks once again this solved much more problems than only duplicate pages
– paranoic
6 hours ago
@paranoic Yes, that's the change to make. Be 100% sure it's working first, though!
– wizzwizz4
4 hours ago
thank you @MrWhite , this worked perfectly! i only have concerns now, since this is 302 redirect which is not very SEO friendly, how do i change it to 301? just instead 302 write 301 or what? thanks once again this solved much more problems than only duplicate pages
– paranoic
6 hours ago
thank you @MrWhite , this worked perfectly! i only have concerns now, since this is 302 redirect which is not very SEO friendly, how do i change it to 301? just instead 302 write 301 or what? thanks once again this solved much more problems than only duplicate pages
– paranoic
6 hours ago
@paranoic Yes, that's the change to make. Be 100% sure it's working first, though!
– wizzwizz4
4 hours ago
@paranoic Yes, that's the change to make. Be 100% sure it's working first, though!
– wizzwizz4
4 hours ago
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It would be useful to see your existing
.htaccessfile as this would enable the solution to be better optimised for your particular case.– MrWhite
8 hours ago