[magnolia-dev] [JIRA] (SUGGEST-77) Make 301 redirects possible for i18n default language URIs

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Edwin Guilbert created an issue   Suggestion Box / SUGGEST-77 Make 301 redirects possible for i18n default language URIs Issue Type: Improvement Assignee: Unassigned Created: 08/Mar/17 6:46 PM Environment: Labels: collector-0cf1239d Reporter: Edwin Guilbert The use case would be the following: You have at least two languages defined in the site definition: English German The site's default (base) language is English. So the following (as stated here) URIs are possible: www.mywebsite.com/about.html -> English (Default) www.mywebsite.com/de/about.html -> German www.mywebsite.com/en/about.html -> English Now, we have a problem with duplicated content between the URI 1 and URI 3 because those are different URIs that render exactly the same content. From a SEO's approach this doesn't have to be an issue but its fairly clear that traffic is split between about.html and /en/about.html URIs and this is not good in general. There are several ways to improve (help Google's search engine) the duplication of content with canonicalization: 301 permanent redirects from the alternative URI to the canonical. Canonical header tags in the pages. Sitemap xml configs to set the preferred for the same content. The last two options can be done in any project of magnolia with templating and the site module (with customization). The first option can be achieved with a custom filter (just after i18n filter) that takes makes the 301 redirection (to the base URI) when the default language is the same as the locale provided in the URI: www.mywebsite.com/en/about.html redirects to www.mywebsite.com/about.html I have created a POC of this filter: https://git.magnolia-cms.com/users/ebguilbert/repos/i18n-default-language-redirect However, it would be good to have an OOTB option in the site definition (i18 section) for "301 permanent redirects" when the default language is the same as the one provided in the URI, saving time for devs to create a filter everytime for the same purpose. This is frequently required as clients usually worry about SEO and duplicated content (eventhough is not such a big issue). Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.2.6#72008-sha1:26175bf) ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details, see: http://www.magnolia-cms.com/community/mailing-lists.html Alternatively, use our forums: http://forum.magnolia-cms.com/ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <dev-list-unsubscr...@magnolia-cms.com> ----------------------------------------------------------------