Existing Hyper Linking: Top Navigation
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Good morning Everbody,
I am working on tidying up my website for seo. My home page is https://countryandcoast.co.uk
But when i am on my website using the menu bar I click back to the home page with the above url. I takes me to https://countryandcoast.co.uk/index.html
I dont want duplicate pages and have build the site around https://countryandcoast.co.uk
I have gone into page page properties - File name and removed Index but it comes back!!!!
Please advise, Thanks for your help,
Andrew
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You should not delete index.html.
This page is in fact the page that is shown initially - even if the page name is not shown in the browsers URL.
If only a domain is specified in the URL then the browser automatic looks if there is an index.html and then this is shown. This is why you can have a "nice" URL shown on papers and so.
See also here: https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/86783/is-index-html-required
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Ok so I shoud keep the index page name ticked or unticked?
I have somebody worked on my seo and they are asking
Existing Hyper Linking: Top NavigationHome https://www.countryandcoast.co.uk/index.html
Recommended Hyper Linking: Top NavigationHome https://www.countryandcoast.co.uk/
What do you reccommend doing?
Thanks,
Andrew
What do you mean by ticked or unticked?
If you mean this then it should not be changed for the home-page.
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yes this box, at the moment it is unticked
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should i leave it unticked?
thanks
For the home page (index) it should be unticked.
If you want to change names for other pages then you could do that - but keep the name short. Generally it is not needed to change names, so generally you could let the field be unchecked/unticked for your other pages too.
... copy this string:
<link rel = "canonical" href = "https://www.countryandcoast.co.uk/index.html" />
... and paste in this section:
>> Step 3 - Map > The Page Properties window INDEX/HOME > ▪Expert | ▪Custom Code: > 2^option > After opening the HEAD tag
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ciao
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A lot of things can be done by using custom code. If you really need this then do as KolAsim show. If it is not that important then I really think it is better to have a "clean" solution.
If you are familiar with custom code then it might be OK - if not - then only use custom code if you really want a special behaviour for your site.
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thanks for the help. I am trying to do this because the guy working on my seo says not to have any duplicate pages and to have build the site around https://countryandcoast.co.uk
... it's a normal google warning ...
... you need to correct the address you declared in Step 1, and which currently is this:
https://www.countryandcoast.co.uk/
... and instead it must be this:
https://countryandcoast.co.uk/
... for the duplicate page warning, please resolve as follows:
<link rel = "canonical" href = "https://countryandcoast.co.uk/index.html" />
... or like this:
<link rel = "canonical" href = "https://countryandcoast.co.uk/" />
... try one or the other..
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