Following my own advice (which some seem to have liked) I went and created a Duplicate Content Detector tool. Its still very beta (like all the other tools I’ve posted) but its simple and it works.
Enter your domain name, select which version is your primary domain (with the WWW or without it) and submit. The tool will compare the number of pages indexed for a set of searches in Google to check common duplicate content problem areas. If it finds any it will tell you what they are, how bad they are, and how to fix them. So give it a whirl and tell me how you like it, just please don’t try to break it too hard.
I talk more about these duplicate content problems in my upcoming book, too.
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August 22nd, 2006 at 6:15 am
Ah ha, I thought I read your blog before, then I remembered I came across it through Copyblogger
This is a very interesting tool – looks like so far I don’t have any problems. I look forward to more of your posts Dan!
August 22nd, 2006 at 3:05 pm
Sounds like a fun, useful tool – can’t wait to try it out.
August 22nd, 2006 at 6:56 pm
hey, I’d love to hear what you though Easton.
August 23rd, 2006 at 11:58 am
Very nice, Dan. Worked very well!
March 7th, 2007 at 1:18 am
I checked my website to fine duplicate content, and found Cannonical problem, I fixed up that with 301 redirection.
Also in your opinion Is Forwarding Domain come under DUPLICATE Issue, if it is not done with 301 redirection
thanks