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NTT
12-16-2013, 05:51 AM
I do a lot of "Promote to article" threads and posts, where I'm practically copying them in vbCMS and making a duplicate content, right?

Please advise what should I do in this case in order to decrease the impact of duplicate content?

Example of the recent article:

vbCMS: http://www.svetsatova.com/forum/content/413-zenith-el-primero-stratos-flyback-striking-10th-el-%C3%81vila-sat.html

Forum: http://www.svetsatova.com/forum/f99/zenith-el-primero-stratos-flyback-striking-10th-el-%C3%81vila-sat-6056.html
RichieBoy67
12-16-2013, 04:26 PM
I just use robots.txt to block my cms category for promoted posts. Other than that I do not know of any way to get around this. I really do not think Google makes a big deal out of it though because it is duplicate content on your site. It shows up in webmaster tools but I do not think it impacts much if at all.

If you are worried though block the category with robots.txt and it will not be crawled.
NTT
12-16-2013, 04:59 PM
Ok. Maybe i'll use robots.txt. Can you share it (robots.txt) for me, plz?

Other, All contents at my vbCMS is promoted from the forums.

I'll delete all code at vbcms_content_article_page. Can i do it?
RichieBoy67
12-16-2013, 05:40 PM
There are a couple ways you can do it. You can block a section or category.

If all your content is posted there from the forum than just block the entire cms by adding

/content/ to your robots.txt file.

What do you mean delete all your code? Not sure what you mean but that does not sound like something I would do. :)
NTT
12-16-2013, 06:14 PM
There are a couple ways you can do it. You can block a section or category.

If all your content is posted there from the forum than just block the entire cms by adding

/content/ to your robots.txt file.

What do you mean delete all your code? Not sure what you mean but that does not sound like something I would do. :)

- I want to block articles (domain.com/content.php?id-url) but home-page (domain.com/content.php).

- I delete code at there to vbCMS don't show content at domain.com/content.php?id-url. (just link to promoted thread, example)
RichieBoy67
12-16-2013, 07:00 PM
Why don't you just turn off the cms then?
Are there other things on your cms page?
NTT
12-17-2013, 03:35 AM
Why don't you just turn off the cms then?
Are there other things on your cms page?

I want to collect useful threads to home-page. Just to preview the article and link to forum. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=247758
RichieBoy67
12-17-2013, 03:53 AM
That mod has not been touched in years I believe. You can set up cms to show previews of your posts using the cms settings. You do not need a mod.
NTT
12-17-2013, 12:28 PM
That mod has not been touched in years I believe. You can set up cms to show previews of your posts using the cms settings. You do not need a mod.
How can i do it?