: I have so much "not selected" index This is a screen shoot from web master tools. It shows I have a large number of "not selected" pages, first I thought if I fix duplicate content with

@Cofer257

It's explained in the tooltip next to "Not selected":


URLs from your site that redirect to other pages or URLs whose contents are substantially similar to other pages.


If you had duplicate pages and you redirected them all to a canonical version, the "Not selected" number will not reduce because instead of a URL being ignored due to duplication, that same URL is now ignored because it redirects somewhere else.

In short, it should not be anything to worry about. You are doing the right thing by redirecting. More information here.

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@Cugini213

As they explain on google webmaster tools, similar content may not necessairly be considered duplicated content, but also it may not be indexed. Using cannonical URLs may help you.
This is not necessairly a bad thing, if pages with similar content have been indexed by google.

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@Courtney195

Try to look for useless pages, with thin content, duplicate content, useless content. As you do not provide any hint on your site, it's hard to give any other suggestion.

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