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3 years 8 months ago #176729 by mofreestyle
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Hi Guys,

I know there has been talked a lot about the subject, but I am getting duplicate content warnings on all the tag pages. (and I have a lot).

In want to use the "noindex" tag to exlude the pages from being indexed. In the tag.php I have ad:

<?php
$doc = JFactory::getDocument();
$doc->addCustomTag('<meta name="robots" content="noindex" />');
?>

But it does not work, the robots tag generated from sh404sef is not being replaced?
does anyone know why this is happening.

Thanks

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3 years 8 months ago #176738 by JoomlaWorks
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There's a better way to do this really...

Create a menu item in some hidden/unused menu in Joomla that points to all K2 categories. Give it a generic alias, e.g. "content" or "show".

Tags (and other generic types like search, date listings etc.) will now have unique URLs in the form of domain.tld/show/tag/tagNameHere so there won't be a need to deny indexing for tags in search engines.

Duplicate URLs occur due to the way Joomla component URL routers work. And this is a workaround we've built for K2.
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3 years 8 months ago #176743 by mofreestyle
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My problem is not duplicate URLs, but duplicate content that hurts my SEO. Does your workaround also works for the duplicate content?

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3 years 8 months ago #176746 by JoomlaWorks
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Same thing. Duplicate URLs = duplicate content.

And yes, this will solve your issues. It's not a K2 issue per se like I said, it's more of a side-effect of how Joomla component routers work...
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3 years 8 months ago #176750 by mofreestyle
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Ohh yes I understand Fotis... I will do that. Thanks for the explanation.
I am a happy user of K2 for many many years now. Keep up the good work guys :)

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3 years 8 months ago #176759 by JoomlaWorks
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You're welcome.
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