# Google Search Console problem with duplicate pages

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-search-console-problem-with-duplicate-pages/23290>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [November 10, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-search-console-problem-with-duplicate-pages/23290 "2018-11-10T06:42:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![bwil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@bwil](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bwil)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-search-console-problem-with-duplicate-pages/23290/1 "2018-11-10T06:42:36Z")

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Have been fixing some problems in my website [www.mothsoftware.com](http://www.mothsoftware.com) in the Search Console. A couple of pages haven’t been indexed because they are duplicate. I totally forgot to translate my testimonial page so that flagging this page is clear.

But why does Google think that the following 2 pages are the same?

[https://www.mothsoftware.com/content/about-0/index.php](https://www.mothsoftware.com/content/about-0/index.php)  
[https://www.mothsoftware.com](https://www.mothsoftware.com)

Regards

Beatrix Willius

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**Author:** ![bpequine](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bpequine/32/1081_2.png) [@bpequine](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bpequine)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-search-console-problem-with-duplicate-pages/23290/2 "2018-11-10T21:02:19Z")

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@bwil  
I looked at both those links and they do bring up different pages so I guess I can’t answer your question about Google thinking they are duplicates. Maybe you just need to resubmit each page for indexing.

Mary

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**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-search-console-problem-with-duplicate-pages/23290/3 "2018-11-10T22:08:38Z")

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They look different, not sure what to say. If you’re sure you’re reading the console report correctly then my only suggestion would be to add a “conical URL meta tag” to each page.

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**Author:** ![bwil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@bwil](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/bwil)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-search-console-problem-with-duplicate-pages/23290/4 "2018-11-11T08:03:40Z")

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Thanks for checking. Been staring at the urls too long. Problem solved.

The canonical only works if you have 2 pages where you can declare one duplicate. That wouldn’t work in my case.

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**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-search-console-problem-with-duplicate-pages/23290/5 "2018-11-11T16:29:06Z")

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You are able to declare more than 2 as duplicate.

[https://www.clickminded.com/canonical-url/](https://www.clickminded.com/canonical-url/)

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/google-search-console-problem-with-duplicate-pages/23290/6 "2018-12-12T02:29:09Z")

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