GWT Duplicate Content and Canonical Tag - Annoying
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Hello everyone!
I run an e-commerce site and I had some problems with duplicate meta descriptions for product pages.
I implemented the rel=canonical in order to address this problem, but after more than a week the number of errors showing in google webmaster tools hasn't changed and the site has been crawled already three times since I put the rel canonical.
I didn't change any description as each error regards a set of pages that are identical, same products, same descriptions just different length/colour.
I am pretty sure the rel=canonical has been implemented correctly so I can't understand why I still have these errors coming up.
Any suggestions?
Cheers
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Thank you for your answers.
Yeah I checked the rel=canonical and I fixed it as it had been implemented badly.
I guess I have to wait and see!
Cheers
Oscar
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Hello, It generally takes time. My personal observation is even if your site gets crawled on daily basis, still the page errors will take anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks from GWT to gets removed of
So - as long as the implementation is correct - you may focus on correction of other errors (if any) on the site, Webmaster will soon be updated with this.
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As long as you did implement the rel=canonical tags correctly then it should happen the next time the page is crawled but don't be dismayed that the data isn't yet showing up in your GWT as 7 day delays or more is not unheard of.
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just wait a bit more. one week is not much yet. The 3 crawls don't mean they will update it immediately
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