Duplicate content from www and non-www

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I am getting duplicate content issues because both www and non-www are being loaded.
My htaccess has the standard force https as all my other sites but it isn't working.
# START Force https
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[0-9]+..+.cpaneldcv$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/.well-known/pki-validation/[A-F0-9]{32}.txt(?: Comodo DCV)?$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?geniusesforhire.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.geniusesforhire.com/$1 [R=301,L]
# END Force https

Could anything in Craft be causing this or is anything in Craft able to fix this?

Matthias Redl-Mann · Answer

2 options to avoid duplicate content:

add a canonical tag to your HTML
redirect non-www to www or vice versa

RitterKnight · Answer

Your Apache redirect rule is only redirecting http -> https.
You also want a rule to redirect non-www hits to the www version.
Something like:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www. [NC]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 443
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.geniusesforhire.com/$1 [R=301,L]

As Matthias mentions in his answer, I'd also put a link tag somewhere in the head of your Twig template. Assuming craft's entry variable is available:
{% if entry is defined %}<link rel="canonical" href="{{ entry.url }}">{% endif %}

Duplicate content from www and non-www

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