Google’s John Mueller answered a question about duplicate URLs appearing after a site structure change. His response offers clarity about how Google handles duplicate content and what actually influences indexing and ranking decisions.
Concern About Duplicate URLs And Ranking Impact
A site owner had changed the URL structure of their web pages then later discovered that older versions of those URLs were still accessible and appearing in Google Search Console.
The person asking the question on Reddit was concerned that requesting recrawls of the…

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