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Old 04-07-2015, 06:34 AM
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Default Re: Clean URLs - only show current directory in URL

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Originally Posted by kevinrm
This is a MAJOR disadvantage of XC5 then, you automatically have loads of duplicate content if you put a product under more than one category, this will be penalized by Google. A lot of products fall under multiple categories - with XC5 you have to choose whether to be forced to restrict any product into one category, or have duplicate content.

I'm not sure why this was designed like this but it's not good.

Each of these "duplicated" pages points to a single canonical address and this will prevent you from being penalized by Google.
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