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I am facing duplicate content issue. I want know about the best solution to removing duplicates
We have 19 education levels which are attached with 200 categories please see following URLs. 19*200 = 3800 URLs e.g:
1. /abc/education-8-class. 1. /cds/education-8-class
2. /abc/education-9-class. 2. /cds/education-9-class
3. /abc/education-10-class. 3. /cds/education-10-class
4. /abc/education-11-class. 4. /cds/education-11-class
5. /abc/education-12-class. 5 /cds/education-12-class
6. …………….. ………………………
7. ……………. ……………
But for above URLs, same content is rendering. I want to remove all class level which is no more useful e.g (-8-class) from URLs
And I want to keep correct URL 1. /abc/education, 2. /cds/education
Now my actual URLs will be 200.
I am not able to select which method will be good from SEO point of view.
1.404
2.301 redirects
3. Canonical Tag
Or any others please suggest me

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

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Nickolas Passig answered

Simple questions, simple answers.

Clearly a 301 redirect case because there is no canonical value for just switching URLs...however...this is the most important line on this whole thread coming up...

You have to do a search in Google to see which pages are ranking better based on URL and keep those to have maximum ROI. To do this properly requires a rank checker and keyword list to see how the URLs rank.

Should be a snap for a SEO specialist with Screaming Frog and a proper rank checker -- at least to identify the right URLs to keep. Now, updating the URLs with a 301 redirect should probably be done in programmatic fashion to save time...

Cheers --
Nick