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SEO - DirectoryIndex duplicate content


On a site I'm working on there will be about 7 different directories. I use DirectoryIndex in my .htaccess to point to index.php, so you can go to site.com/menu/ or site.com/menu/index.php and get the same content and so on for the other 6 directories.

I know duplicate content is supposed to be bad. Will this cause any SEO issues, or will search engines be smart enough to understand it's a DirectoryIndex and only index the result once?


Solution

  • Using DirectoryIndex is a very common practice. If done right it isn't a problem. However it can introduce duplicate content.