Webmaster tools tells me I have duplicate meta descriptions and title tags

Liam Hamer · 11-14-2009, 04:32 PM

This site is hosted by blogger, but it is my own domain that I redirected via Namecheap. The site takes the form of 10 tips, and as such each post has exactly the same title and url apart from the last digit(for example, dog-training-tip-1.html, dog-training-tip-2.html). As a result, in the 'html suggestions' of webmaster tools, it tells me that all 10 meta descriptions and title tags are the same. I assume this is because only one digit separates each post url.

I can alter the titles of each post, but the url stays the same. Is there any way I can alter the urls? Maybe in the html code? Otherwise, I'm going to have to delete the posts and put them up again. My question is - will that hurt my site in terms of ranking? This is a Christmas themed site that I started at the end of September and I was hoping to rank in the top 10 in the next few days/weeks. I don't want to get penalized by Google though. At one point, the site was number 8 in Google, but now it's way back at 180. All help and advice much appreciated

Liam Hamer · 11-15-2009, 06:10 AM

Wow, this was my 3rd unanswered thread yesterday

I've decided just to delete the posts and put them back up again, and to take the pressure of ranking off I am going to run an Adwords campaign. It's only 5 cents per click and there is no competition so I might as well give it a shot

gordi555 · 11-15-2009, 06:43 AM

To save some search engine magic, are you able to do 301 redirects from your old deleted pages to your new stuff?

Liam Hamer · 11-15-2009, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gordi555

To save some search engine magic, are you able to do 301 redirects from your old deleted pages to your new stuff?

I doubt it, I'm restricted by Blogger's hosting you see

Gonna delete the posts now and put them back up - lesson learned

I'm optimistic about my adwords campaign though

gordi555 · 11-15-2009, 07:01 AM

I would look at getting your own hosting!

Really handy, I use eukhost.com - allows you to do whatever you want, good price and can add loads of subdomains for other projects!

Liam Hamer · 11-15-2009, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gordi555

I would look at getting your own hosting!

Really handy, I use eukhost.com - allows you to do whatever you want, good price and can add loads of subdomains for other projects!

I have my own hosting for other sites

I just have a few that Blogger pages work really well for

11-14-2009, 04:32 PM	#1
Liam Hamer SEO Enthusiast War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,172 Thanks: 591 Thanked 242 Times in 140 Posts	Webmaster tools tells me I have duplicate meta descriptions and title tags - what should I do? This site is hosted by blogger, but it is my own domain that I redirected via Namecheap. The site takes the form of 10 tips, and as such each post has exactly the same title and url apart from the last digit(for example, dog-training-tip-1.html, dog-training-tip-2.html). As a result, in the 'html suggestions' of webmaster tools, it tells me that all 10 meta descriptions and title tags are the same. I assume this is because only one digit separates each post url. I can alter the titles of each post, but the url stays the same. Is there any way I can alter the urls? Maybe in the html code? Otherwise, I'm going to have to delete the posts and put them up again. My question is - will that hurt my site in terms of ranking? This is a Christmas themed site that I started at the end of September and I was hoping to rank in the top 10 in the next few days/weeks. I don't want to get penalized by Google though. At one point, the site was number 8 in Google, but now it's way back at 180. All help and advice much appreciated

11-15-2009, 06:10 AM	#2
Liam Hamer SEO Enthusiast War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,172 Thanks: 591 Thanked 242 Times in 140 Posts	Re: Webmaster tools tells me I have duplicate meta descriptions and title tags - what should I do? Wow, this was my 3rd unanswered thread yesterday I've decided just to delete the posts and put them back up again, and to take the pressure of ranking off I am going to run an Adwords campaign. It's only 5 cents per click and there is no competition so I might as well give it a shot

11-15-2009, 06:43 AM	#3
gordi555 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 168 Thanks: 7 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Webmaster tools tells me I have duplicate meta descriptions and title tags - what should I do? To save some search engine magic, are you able to do 301 redirects from your old deleted pages to your new stuff?

11-15-2009, 07:01 AM	#5
gordi555 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 168 Thanks: 7 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Webmaster tools tells me I have duplicate meta descriptions and title tags - what should I do? I would look at getting your own hosting! Really handy, I use eukhost.com - allows you to do whatever you want, good price and can add loads of subdomains for other projects!