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Maximizing content, avoiding duplicates

         

Tonearm

6:58 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I have category and sub-category descriptions on my category and sub-category pages, and I've included them on my product pages as well. That means my product pages each have three blocks of text on them:

Category Description
Sub-Category Description
Product Description

The category description and sub-category description are duplicated across many different pages in this way. I set this up a few years ago in order to maximize the amount of content on each page for people and for SE robots.

Could this be hurting more than it's helping?

g1smd

10:38 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

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That should probably be OK as long as they occupy a small part of the page.

Tonearm

10:47 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Well, those three descriptions make up the only full-sentence text on the page. Everything else is navigational links and some informational stuff that sticks around regardless of the page. What do you think?

idolw

11:25 pm on Nov 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



concentrate on unique meta descriptions for now.
if any problems, put the duplicate descriptions into one file and just get links to a pop-up.

this is what i'd do.

anyway, remember: if ain't broken don't try to repair.
or you will end up cleaning clean window