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bootstrap and duplicate content on a page = penalty?

by Siem
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I am using Bootstrap to make a site.
Sometimes I have duplicate content on a page for instance:

An image will be there a few times with the same alt-tag - but only one of these images will be visible, depending on the screen-size.
Also the same h2 or h3 could be there a few times in the code, but again only one of these duplicate h2's will be visible, depending on the screen-size.

Does this count as duplicate content on a page?
#bootstrap #content #duplicate #page #penalty
  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    Originally Posted by Siem View Post

    Does this count as duplicate content on a page?
    No. Duplicate content means whole pages, or large chunks of text.

    You should not have duplicate titles, or titles that are not visible. You may confuse Google's parser.
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    Links in signature will not help your SEO. Not on this site, and not on any other forum.
    Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

    What's your excuse?
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  • Profile picture of the author webdevpro
    Duplicate means page to page compare and not within the page itself.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by webdevpro View Post

      Duplicate means page to page compare and not within the page itself.
      Duplicate text can still be on a single webpage, which could potentially trigger a Google over optimized filter.
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      • Profile picture of the author Siem
        Originally Posted by yukon View Post

        Duplicate text can still be on a single webpage, which could potentially trigger a Google over optimized filter.
        Thanks for helping!

        I solved the duplicate images ( with alt-tags and descriptions) by using the "srcset" attribute for my images (in combination with picturefill for older browsers), see ResponsiveImages.org and Picturefill
        It's much more elegant that way.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by Siem View Post

    I am using Bootstrap to make a site.
    Sometimes I have duplicate content on a page for instance:

    An image will be there a few times with the same alt-tag - but only one of these images will be visible, depending on the screen-size.
    Also the same h2 or h3 could be there a few times in the code, but again only one of these duplicate h2's will be visible, depending on the screen-size.

    Does this count as duplicate content on a page?
    Look at the text version of the webpage, it never lies. Either you have duplicate text or you don't.
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  • Profile picture of the author trieuiv
    Originally Posted by Siem View Post

    I am using Bootstrap to make a site.
    Sometimes I have duplicate content on a page for instance:

    An image will be there a few times with the same alt-tag - but only one of these images will be visible, depending on the screen-size.
    Also the same h2 or h3 could be there a few times in the code, but again only one of these duplicate h2's will be visible, depending on the screen-size.

    Does this count as duplicate content on a page?
    Bootstrap is relevant to this case?
    Check your Title & Description meta tags.
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