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Google Indexed our variation page
BenGoddard 06-02-16
Google Indexed our variation page
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Hello, we recently ran a split test for our homepage. The variation was called /index_new after the url which we didn't want indexing so we put a robotsnoindex on it but google has somehow indexed this page and affected our rankings because of duplicate content. Why has this happened?
CouchPsycho 06-02-16
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How did you put the "noindex" to that page? By adding a meta-tag to the head-section via jQuery?

"the essence of the creative act is to see the familiar as strange." (anonymous)

"the essence of the creative act is to see the familiar as strange." (anonymous)
Re: Google Indexed our variation page
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Where did you put the "noindex"? In the robots.txt file or in the document as a meta tag?
Anyway, for what I know it's a best practice to use the rel=canonical for this situation. Where you say that "index_new" belongs to "index", so the search engine would not consider it as a duplicate.
Anyway, for what I know it's a best practice to use the rel=canonical for this situation. Where you say that "index_new" belongs to "index", so the search engine would not consider it as a duplicate.