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108 Duplicate title tags & meta descriptions- Google webmaster tool- need help

by satrap
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I was checking my Google webmaster account and I see a few things that worries me and I just can't understand how to fix them.

It shows that I have:

Duplicate meta descriptions 102

Duplicate title tags 108


In the Duplicate title tags section, clicking on titles gives me things like:

8 Ways To Find Free Money!
/8-ways-to-find-and-claim-free-money/
/?p=532&preview=true

A List Of 34 Dofollow Article Directories- Page Rank 1 to 6
/a-list-of-34-dofollow-article-directories-page-rank-1-to-6/0/?mobify=0
/a-list-of-34-dofollow-article-directories-page-rank-1-to-6/


Most of the title problems have either:

0/?mobify=0
or /?p=532&preview=true

...at the end of the "duplicate title tag"

I think the first one may have something to do with enabling a site to be viewed on Mobile phones and the second one is obviously the preview link. I just dont understand how they are created and counted as duplicate titles.

Should I be concerned and if so, how do I fix the problem.

I use wordpress and have platinum SEO plugin installed.


Thank you all in advance.
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    Just Bumping this up, hoping someone can help. Thanks.
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    • Profile picture of the author azmanar
      Originally Posted by satrap View Post

      Just Bumping this up, hoping someone can help. Thanks.
      Hi,

      Are the Google Webmaster Errors referring to only 1 site of yours or to many?
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      • Profile picture of the author banner123
        according to search try to use 65 to 70 character title and description use 162 to 170 characters.
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      • Profile picture of the author satrap
        Originally Posted by azmanar View Post

        Hi,

        Are the Google Webmaster Errors referring to only 1 site of yours or to many?
        Its just one site. Thanks.
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        • Profile picture of the author azmanar
          Hi,

          It seems you have over 100 pages and posts that are using the same Meta Description and Title. Another problem could be keyword stuffing.

          Not sure about Platinum SEO, because I'm using ALL-IN-One-SEO.

          For each page and post, I change the Title Tag and Description.

          If my blog is about Healthy Living, I'll write the Page or Post Title based on each topic.

          As recommended by SEO Experts, a good formula for the Page Title of your Post is :
          -> [ POST TOPIC ] - [ BLOG NAME ].

          Cereals Are Best To Start Your Day - Healthy Living
          What To Do When You're Exhausted - Healthy Living
          The Best Rejuvenating Sleep, EVER - Healthy Living

          So you maintain the name of your blog at the end of the post topic as the title.

          Same thing goes for Titles for PAGES :
          Contact Us - Healthy Living
          About Us - Healthy Living
          Our Products - Healthy Living

          As for description, you can use the most important paragraph of that page or post, after shortening it. Of course, after considering LSI keywords to win the SEO game.

          Try and see whether the errors appear after 1 week of making the changes. It depends on the frequency of Google crawlers to see the changes in Google Webmaster.
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          • Profile picture of the author satrap
            Originally Posted by azmanar View Post

            Hi,

            It seems you have over 100 pages and posts that are using the same Meta Description and Title. Another problem could be keyword stuffing.

            Not sure about Platinum SEO, because I'm using ALL-IN-One-SEO.

            For each page and post, I change the Title Tag and Description.

            If my blog is about Healthy Living, I'll write the Page or Post Title based on each topic.

            As recommended by SEO Experts, a good formula for the Page Title of your Post is :
            -> [ POST TOPIC ] - [ BLOG NAME ].

            Cereals Are Best To Start Your Day - Healthy Living
            What To Do When You're Exhausted - Healthy Living
            The Best Rejuvenating Sleep, EVER - Healthy Living

            So you maintain the name of your blog at the end of the post topic as the title.

            Same thing goes for Titles for PAGES :
            Contact Us - Healthy Living
            About Us - Healthy Living
            Our Products - Healthy Living

            As for description, you can use the most important paragraph of that page or post, after shortening it. Of course, after considering LSI keywords to win the SEO game.

            Try and see whether the errors appear after 1 week of making the changes. It depends on the frequency of Google crawlers to see the changes in Google Webmaster.

            Thanks for taking time to help. Yeah, I have been doing all of what you are saying for a long time. I do however prefer and use [ POST TOPIC ] instead of [ POST TOPIC ] - [ BLOG NAME ].

            I doubt its keyword stuffing as I write very long posts (average 700 words or so) and I use keywords just a few times.
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