Notonthehighstreet.co.uk - duplicate content? a reason to not sell via 3rd parties
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A mixture of questions and discussion
Question 1. can the following two pages be considered duplicate content
http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/gardenbeet/product/deer-head-wall-art
http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/1/1/219933-deer-head-wall-art-by-garden-beet.html
- both pages are indexed and both pages have different meta - aimed at different search combinations
Discussion
The search for 'deer head wall art gardenbeet' is generated by my PR company - we have done loads of print advertising for this item yet the sheer mass and volume of noths.com stops my store http://www.gardenbeet.com/garden-wall-art/58-deer-head.html from obtaining the number one position.
All is fair in the business world I suppose BUT the original marketing machine for noths.com was claiming that they were assisting the small business owner. I paid them over £600 to join and now they compete with me head on. Stupid me I suppose.
Let this be a key learning for those toying with the idea of investing in their own SEO or a 3rd party selling platform.
Ho hum
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ah thanks 77% similar !!
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Hello
For Question 1: Though both pages are indexed and are have different meta, they seem to be identical.
You can use Simple Page Checker to check whether two pages are identical or not. Just paste both the URL's in First and Second fields respectively and it shows you how much percent they look identical.
That link will help you in avoiding duplicate content.
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