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#1 User is offline   eddie2873 

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Posted 30 December 2011 - 05:05 PM

i have just had built a website for my company.The web developer put the development site on the internet and forgot to take it off. So when mine went live the website is on twice.He's only just taken it off after a week.Will i get penalised for duplicate content.
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Posted 30 December 2011 - 05:07 PM

maybe a little, but since the dev website is no longer online its nothing to worry about :)

might be worth doing a redirect from the old url if your worried but shouldnt be needed...

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Posted 30 December 2011 - 05:10 PM

View PostSniderDK, on 30 December 2011 - 05:07 PM, said:

maybe a little, but since the dev website is no longer online its nothing to worry about :)

might be worth doing a redirect from the old url if your worried but shouldnt be needed...

Cheers.It was rushed to go live on Christmas Eve and they forgot but if you don't think its going to matter as mine hasn't been indexed yet.
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Posted 30 December 2011 - 05:14 PM

yeah it should be fine, these things happen alot... it's not been long either... its when the dup content is there permantly its an issue :)
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Posted 30 December 2011 - 06:56 PM

To be safe, I'd be 301 redirecting request for the dev site to the new site.
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Posted 30 December 2011 - 08:02 PM

View PostSniderDK, on 30 December 2011 - 05:14 PM, said:

..wordage..


..now where have I seen that footer image before :huh:



:)
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Posted 30 December 2011 - 11:49 PM

View Postoakleaves, on 30 December 2011 - 08:02 PM, said:

..now where have I seen that footer image before :huh:



:)



did you make it?

there was a tread ages ago talking about getting people to +1 more and that image was on one of the replys :)
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