Avoiding duplicate content paths in using the Global Redirect Drupal module

Search Engines, and Google in particular penalize sites that present similar, or identical content using more than one unique path. This is the case whether the duplicate content is hosted on the same domain, but more so when the content is on different domains.

A major inherent problem with enabling and supporting URi path aliasing as a web server feature is the possibility of accessing the content items using more than one URL path. Without considering SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and the resulting rules and formulae that have been created by the major Search Engines, this phenomenon should not attract any attention.

The Drupal Module called "Global Redirect" enables website owners to streamline the content paths to provide a single URL to any given content on the website. The module is designed to go beyond simply redirecting requests to the default paths (node/x) to the custom path defined in the "URL path settings" section of the content creation form. It creates a 301 header redirect to unify the content paths.

Testimonial
I previously had a problem because the content on cmsproducer.com was initially created and published without adding custom paths with content relevant keywords in the path. 'Unfortunately', because the website got the attention of google before we had completed the process of creating custom paths, most of the content at the time was indexed as node/x, as well as unse the custom path. By installing and configuring the "Global Redirect" module, we were able consolidate all the duplicate URLs (including click links) and only present the content using the custom URLs that are relevant to the content subject.