# Duplicate pages?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-pages/81571
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 26, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-pages/81571 "2018-02-26T17:43:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![communitygal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/communitygal/32/80177_2.png) [@communitygal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/communitygal)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-pages/81571/1 "2018-02-26T17:43:38Z")

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Hi all,  
Just doing some housekeeping on my instance.

Each category page appears to have an associated blank page/URL. For example:

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  - [https://www.secopshub.com/c/threat-hunting](https://www.secopshub.com/c/threat-hunting)
  - [https://www.secopshub.com/c/threat-hunting?no\_subcategories=false&amp;page=1](https://www.secopshub.com/c/threat-hunting?no_subcategories=false&amp;page=1)
  - The second (empty) page has a canonical pointing back to the first. It’d be better if these pages didn’t exist unless there is a specific technical reason explaining their existence.

I’m not sure how to delete the associated blank page. Any ideas?

Thanks,  
Emma

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### Author: ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-pages/81571/2 "2018-02-26T17:49:20Z")

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The second link (with the `page=1`) represents “the second page of results” intended for non-javascript browsing and is generated dynamically, it’s not a standalone page.

Compare with e.g. [https://www.secopshub.com/c/threat-hunting?no\_subcategories=false&page=0](https://www.secopshub.com/c/threat-hunting?no_subcategories=false&page=0)

How did you come across it?

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### Author: ![communitygal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/communitygal/32/80177_2.png) [@communitygal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/communitygal)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-pages/81571/3 "2018-02-26T19:54:34Z")

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Thanks for the explanation! I came across it during an audit of my instance. It sounds like there is a functional reason behind the (seemingly) duplicate pages so SEO won’t be affected.

Thanks again,  
Emma

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### Author: ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-pages/81571/4 "2018-02-26T20:33:42Z")

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They’re not duplicate pages - once you have more than one (non-JS) page of topics for that category, they will start showing up on that second page.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-pages/81571/5 "2024-06-08T12:37:45Z")

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