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MBaghuis
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Two url's for same article

Post by MBaghuis » Fri Nov 08, 2024 7:57 am

Hello,
today I noticed something that is very strange.
I have one article that is displayed via two different urls.
I think this is causing duplicate content problem.

I thought that in Joomla the alias was always used to form the url.
The alias is "je-eerste-1000-vaderdagen"

Here are the two versions:

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https://www.kraamvogel.be/boek/414-je-eerste-1000-vaderdagen

https://www.kraamvogel.be/boek/414-recensie-je-eerste-1000-vaderdagen-praktische-adviezen-voor-betrokken-vaders-van-zwangerschap-tot-peuter-david-borman
The first version uses the alias + the article ID.
The second uses a lot more. No idea where this comes from.

Anyone have an idea?

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Per Yngve Berg
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Re: Two url's for same article

Post by Per Yngve Berg » Fri Nov 08, 2024 10:49 am

There is an Option in Article Manager to turn off ID Numbers in URL.
414 is all that is needed to identify the article, so everything that follows is disregarded.

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Re: Two url's for same article

Post by MBaghuis » Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:03 am

Hi Per,
Thank you for the reply.
I didn't know that everything that follows the ID doesn't matter anymore. Interesting. If I turn off the "Show ID" option. Only the version with alias can be reached.

Do you also know how Google handles this in connection with duplicate content if I leave "Show ID" on?

And where do the extra words come from?

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