I'm Worried I'm Adding Duplicate Google Search Console Properties

[dimasahmad111]

Hi, i have a question about domain property.

i already setup sinces started with domain property (domain.com) without prefix, now i want to add property with (https://domain.com), the reason is because i want to use disavow tools, cause it said that you can't use disavow tools with property (domain.com) only, so i just adding it,

now the question is, is there something i should do interm of avoiding duplicate index nor messing up letter. Should i submit my sitemap to the property with https one? nor what else?

thank you.

 

[ToffeeLa]

Hi, i have a question about domain property.

i already setup sinces started with domain property (domain.com) without prefix, now i want to add property with (https://domain.com), the reason is because i want to use disavow tools, cause it said that you can't use disavow tools with property (domain.com) only, so i just adding it,

now the question is, is there something i should do interm of avoiding duplicate index nor messing up letter. Should i submit my sitemap to the property with https one? nor what else?

thank you.

I think you are talking about two different things here.

You can publish your website on domain. com. Or you can publish it on www. domain. com. (Or anythingelseyouwant.domain. com, for that matter.) What you want to do is choose one and stick to it. See advice lower down.

You can also publish your website using a security certificate (free with most reputable hosting companies) which will give you a https at the start of your URL. Or you can do it insecurely, which will give you a http at the start. (And a bad reputation with search engines and browsers.) What you want to do is choose one and stick to it. See following advice.

All of this is managed by your .htaccess file (for the vast majority of websites). You can choose whatever setup you want but make sure that all other choices redirect to the one that you want, so that there are not, for example, four different alternative pages with the same content for search engines to index and for people to navigate to.

I use the following code, although I am sure others have their own versions:

### Built using the .htaccess 301 Redirect Generator from Web Site Advantage
### https://websiteadvantage.com.au/HtAccess-301-Redirect-Generator
### Place after 'RewriteEngine On' and before any CMS specific rewrite rules

# Redirect HTTP with www to HTTPS with www
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
# Redirect HTTP without www to HTTPS with www
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule .* https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
# Redirect HTTPS without www to HTTPS with www
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule .* https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

Added: then you add whichever version you have chosen for your site to GSC.

 

[dimasahmad111]

I think you are talking about two different things here.

You can publish your website on domain. com. Or you can publish it on www. domain. com. (Or anythingelseyouwant.domain. com, for that matter.) What you want to do is choose one and stick to it. See advice lower down.

You can also publish your website using a security certificate (free with most reputable hosting companies) which will give you a https at the start of your URL. Or you can do it insecurely, which will give you a http at the start. (And a bad reputation with search engines and browsers.) What you want to do is choose one and stick to it. See following advice.

All of this is managed by your .htaccess file (for the vast majority of websites). You can choose whatever setup you want but make sure that all other choices redirect to the one that you want, so that there are not, for example, four different alternative pages with the same content for search engines to index and for people to navigate to.

I use the following code, although I am sure others have their own versions:

### Built using the .htaccess 301 Redirect Generator from Web Site Advantage
### https://websiteadvantage.com.au/HtAccess-301-Redirect-Generator
### Place after 'RewriteEngine On' and before any CMS specific rewrite rules

# Redirect HTTP with www to HTTPS with www
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
# Redirect HTTP without www to HTTPS with www
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule .* https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
# Redirect HTTPS without www to HTTPS with www
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule .* https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

Added: then you add whichever version you have chosen for your site to GSC.

hi, i things i not clear enough to write it.

So, i already have a blog with https://domain.com, and also already submit to google search console with DOMAIN PROPERTY TYPE not URL PREFIX, so it's just domain.com.

and today, i want to disavow some link that linked to my domain, and when i want to submit, it said i can't do it because i need to select URL PREFIX PROPERTY, and then i ADD PROPERTY and SELECT URL PREFIX and submit https://domain.com, and then after that i can submit file to disavow tools with property url prefix that i just adding.

and now, i have 2 property within Google Search Console, there's a loot of data on my DOMAIN PROPERTY TYPE (domain.com), and URL PREFIX TYPE (https://domain.com) not having data, yet.

the question is:
1. it's make the site duplicate indexing?
2. if not, are those data in DOMAIN PROPERTY TYPE will stop and continue to URL PREFIX Property?
3. should i submit XML to URL Prefix property and remove XML from DOMAIN PROPERTY Type?

and that;s it what i think right now, any suggestion will appreciate.

 

[ToffeeLa]

My misunderstanding...

1) No, not if you have your site set up correctly
2) No, they will both continue to be measured (although if you have your site set up correctly, they should be the same going forward)
3) It would potentially lead to differences between the two measurements if one version had a sitemap and one didn't, but GSC is pretty good about finding pages anyway

My own choice would be to download as much data as Google will show you for the old version of the site (currently 16 months) and then delete it. But it doesn't make that much of a difference if you only have two sites in the console.

 

[wikibum]

I am using domain property + URL property on all my sites for the exact reason that only one would be able to disavow links.

So each of my sites has 2 GSC properties. Come to think of it - one of them is useless really, since I don't even use it, but I don't think there is an issue with this approach. It won't cause duplicate content - that's for sure.

I am just not sure if its actually necessary to have both types setup.