Duplicate content on sub-domains?
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I have 2 subdamains intented for 2 different countries (Colombia and Venezuela) ve.domain.com and co.domain.com. The site it's an e-commerce with over a million products available so they have the same page with the same content on both sub-domains....the only differences are the prices a payment options.
Does google take that as duplicate content?
Thanks
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Yes, Canonical OR alternate
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I think that5 should be canonical OR alternate tags
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So probably the best choice would be to use the canonical an alternate tags so Google understands my site's structure and make my life easier
great resources
thanks Alan
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Yes
If you had different tlds, like .co.uk .com.au, then you would be ok.
a couple of good links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ets7nHOV1Yo
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/new-markup-for-multilingual-content.html
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