shri - 1:42 am on Oct 13, 2005 (gmt 0)

>> Find a new word for 'weight' or 'dimensions' or 'screen' every time a new specification has to be written?
>> Yet dozens of other sites that share a copied and pasted generic specifications sheet from the manufacturer or wherever seem to do quite well with that.

Because they either have substantial link equity or the net result is that their page has enough algorithmic unique content on it to bypass the filters.

Use copyscape (for starters) to determine what parts are being trapped as dupes and try and look at how you can solve the problem by getting an idea of what sort of patterns in these specs can be altered. That is mostly like what the larger reviews and product related sites have done.