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Design Matter

by skylikemake
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Hi,

if i and my competitor are using same website theme, is this matter for SEO?
#design #matter
  • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
    In a word, "no".
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  • Profile picture of the author davidricherd
    You can use Same Design But change the change the CSS & JS file name.
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    • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
      Originally Posted by davidricherd View Post

      You can use Same Design But change the change the CSS & JS file name.
      Google could not care less about using the same template, same CSS files or same JS file names. If they did, nobody would ever be able to sell a WordPress theme. Search engines do not care about the colors of your website, the font type face, the names of your files - none of that.

      SEO is about content and links. Period!
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      • Profile picture of the author nmcalabroso
        Well, Google is using user-friendliness, at least, in mobile as a ranking signal so it might be better for us to reconsider design for SEO purposes.

        https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/6196932?hl=en
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      • Profile picture of the author Curiosias
        What about using Pinterest infographics that others are using as well? Can this be used for your SEO of would you simply be better off by creating your own?
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  • Profile picture of the author PromoA
    Theme shouldn't be matter. There are many sites that are using the same theme.
    Site content is does matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author Web Settler
    It wouldn't affect your Search Engine Rankings, But make sure you distinguish your website design.

    Similar design and use of colors can confuse customers.
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  • Profile picture of the author sabashahid
    I dont know much but I dont think so, your content is the thing that matters.
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  • Profile picture of the author jooseph
    Same theme does not matter in SEO. Same content always matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author buysoundcloudlikes
    Same website theme, there is no problem in SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author raineng
    It doesn't matter but here is what I think: if you both use the same theme, the visitors will get confused and may even think one is a clone of the other (which is probably true). I wonder if that would lead to some negative effects, for example the users may decide to spend less time on your site because they do not trust you?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Rodburg
    I'm assuming the theme can be used by others as well (paid/free)... so it doesn't matter. SEO cares about texts (content, keywords, links, posts, etc.).
    You guys are on the same niche and traffic may not go to where it should be - due to your similarities - but it might get sorted out if you are more active in your SEO strategies and you have better content.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kereana K
    More than all the aspects like site's theme, color, templates, font style: Content of the site does matter a lot.
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