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Will Google hate me? (how are specs of products interpreted)

by PennyToby
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To clarify my question:

I wrote around 50 reviews on HiFi products, each is around 500 to 900 words long and I rank well for the direct product searches.
Now I thought of adding the specs list for each product at the end of each review. Obviously, the specs are not unique content, but are already posted online multiple times (manufacturer´s website, online manuals,...).
If I post the specs at the end of my articles, will that negatively effect my rankings? Or be positive? Would google think I stole content from another website?

Any idea how google would interpret the specs list?
#google #hate #interpreted #products #specs
  • Profile picture of the author online only
    I don't think it would harm your site. Alternatively, you can make those "specs" into image file. In that way you don't have any duplicate content whatsoever.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by online only View Post

      I don't think it would harm your site. Alternatively, you can make those "specs" into image file. In that way you don't have any duplicate content whatsoever.
      ...and use all those images for relevant keyword alt-text, which will show up as plain text on the Google Cache (text version). That way you get to tweak the alt-text, example remove any stop words (fluff) from the original product specs. Traffic sees full specs. (images), Googlebot sees only the main keyword/s from each individual product spec. (alt-text).


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  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    Originally Posted by PennyToby View Post

    If I post the specs at the end of my articles, will that negatively effect my rankings? Or be positive? Would google think I stole content from another website?

    Any idea how google would interpret the specs list?
    Does that negatively effect amazon's rankings? Home depot? Etc?

    I would surf out of a site that did not give me specs.

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  • Profile picture of the author PennyToby
    well my niche is pretty specific. Finding the specs is not so easy (products are from 1950ies to 1980ies), but they are still out there. I just want to avoid that google thinks I simply copied content.
    Actually, using an image file is actually a nice idea. I might do it this way.

    Lastly,
    Does it benefit my rankings, if I post nonunique content under my unique content?
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  • Profile picture of the author Toyota Hilux Dealer
    I belong to an industry where specifications are required. If a guy visits my page on Toyota Hilux, he wants not only information on whether we have this car, he also wants its features, specifications and all detail we can give him on all its permutations. So for instance we will have all specs and features of Single Cab, Extra Cab, Smart Cab and Double Cab and also of its various versions in many countries of the world we export from.

    Whenever we ask a review of our sites on SEO sites a lot of people jump at us for duplicate content as specs and feature sets is the same on our site, Toyota's site and on our competitors site. This though has not hurt us with Google. Those spec pages list just as highly as more article type page.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Originally Posted by Toyota Hilux Dealer View Post

      Whenever we ask a review of our sites on SEO sites a lot of people jump at us for duplicate content ...
      Because they are clueless as to "duplicate content" in reference to bad SEO.
      Hence, they are bad at SEO.

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  • Profile picture of the author PennyToby
    well, we are talking about loudspeakers from the 1950ies to 1970ies..., specs are rather a nice additional info, as my target group is already somewhat acquainted with the speaker they look for. But thanks a lot for the insight, i ll add the specs to each review and see what happens.
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