What Is the Squarespace /home Duplication Issue?
Squarespace automatically assigns the path /home to your website's homepage. This means your homepage is accessible at both yourdomain.com and yourdomain.com/home, creating two separate URLs that point to identical content.
For OTTO and Search Atlas tracking, this causes a duplication problem: analytics, indexing signals, and SEO data are split across both URLs instead of being consolidated under one canonical address. As a result, your Search Atlas dashboard may show inflated page counts, inconsistent crawl data, or reduced accuracy in performance metrics for your homepage.
Why Squarespace Forces This Structure
This behaviour is built into Squarespace's platform architecture. Squarespace treats /home as the default internal slug for your homepage and does not allow you to remove it natively. Even if your domain resolves correctly to the root URL for visitors, the /home path remains active and indexable, which means search engines and tracking tools can detect both versions.
This is not an OTTO configuration error. It is a platform-level constraint unique to Squarespace that requires a specific workaround to resolve.
Recommended Fix: URL Mappings Redirect
The confirmed resolution for this issue is to use Squarespace's built-in URL Mappings feature to create a server-side redirect. This permanently redirects /home to your root domain, consolidating all signals to one URL.
- Log in to your Squarespace account and open your site settings.
- Navigate to Settings → Advanced → URL Mappings.
- Add the following mapping on a new line: /home → / 301
- Save your changes.
- Return to Search Atlas and allow OTTO to recrawl your site so the updated URL structure is reflected in your dashboard.
The 301 redirect tells search engines and OTTO that /home has permanently moved to the root domain. Once the crawl completes, duplication should no longer appear in your dashboard.
If you are unsure how to apply this fix or if the duplication persists after completing these steps, please reach out for assistance so our team can review your specific setup.
If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.