Webmaster tools tells me I have duplicate meta descriptions and title tags - what should I do?

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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
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  • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
    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
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  • Profile picture of the author gordi555
    To save some search engine magic, are you able to do 301 redirects from your old deleted pages to your new stuff?
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    • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
      Originally Posted by gordi555 View Post

      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
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  • Profile picture of the author 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!
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    • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
      Originally Posted by gordi555 View Post

      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
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