Duplicate meta tags problem

Hi there,

I´m having some duplicate meta tags warnings in Google Sitemaps like these:

/forums/example/15170-example.html‎
/forums/example/15170-example-post146231.html‎

I´ve searched the forums and checked that I have "replacing the showpost" as pointed here:

Duplicate meta tags and short tags

Any idea of what can be the problem? Kind regards, Simon.

Anyone?

Is your showpost enabled? We recommend that you disable it and block it in the robots.txt file, as well as not including it in your sitemap.

Hi Michael, I have showpost "replaced". How can I check if I have it enabled? How can I block it in robots.txt, and how can I exclude it from the sitemap? (I use vbsitemap). Thanks in advance, Simon.

If it is replaced, then you would want to go into your sitemap generator options in the admincp, and disable the showpost. Now for your robots file, you would disallow the showpost.php just like you did to the others.

Thanks again Mike .

Just to know. I have my forums under /forums.

I have to put this on my robots.txt over the root directory /

Disallow: /forums/showthread.php

Ok? Is there any optimal robots.txt file right out there?

Thanks again, Simon!

Something similar to this: robots.txt

Perfect!!! Thanks a lot Michael, all clear !