Tags on blog post
-
I have just ran a report on SEOMOZ and it's came back saying I have over 1000 pages on my website with duplicate content, I thought wow that's not good, however when I looked at the report it was counting duplicate content because I have used more than one tag on a blog post, for example the blog post:
Has the tags
example 1
example 2
example 3
Meaning I have these URLs
www.example.com/blog/tag/example-1
www.example.com/blog/tag/example-2
www.example.com/blog/tag/example-3
All 3 URLs above have the same content as www.example.com/blog-post/ because of the tags, is this a problem?
Thanks
-
Thanks for all your responses, I never knew wordpress could cause so many issues.
Thanks again.
-
Hi Gary, I don't. But you might be able to find out on the Yoast site.
Glad to be of help :).
-
Hi George,
That's fantastic!
I also noticed in the "Taxonomies" tab there is an option "Format" do you know what this is?
Thanks
-
Hi Gary! I would suggest reading more about configuring for robots here, here, and maybe here (note: this last link uses an older version of the plugin, but provides good information and a lot can be learned by reading the comments too).
Otherwise, if you are using the most recent version of the plugin, you can click on "Titles & Metas" and then on the "Taxonomies" tab. On this tab, if you check the box under the heading for "Tags" for "noindex, follow", it will set all of your Tag archives to noindex, follow.
This will get rid of duplicate content issues for tags, but realize that your "tag" archives will then not be indexed. Regardless of what you decided to do, I suggest reading more at the link above.
I hope this helps!
-
It's pretty easy to do in the all in one seo plugin. However the Yoast plugin is more comprehensive, if you cannot figure out how to do it you could install the all in one seo plugin then import your settings from than into the Yoast Wordpress SEO plugin.
-
Hi Rebekah,
Thanks for the link. I have installed the plugin however I can't find the option to noindex tags?
-
Yes - this is a problem. Or at least it can be.
I'd guess you are using wordpress which seems to be the worst offending platform for this. There are a number of plugins that will resolve this issue for you. I am not a wordpress guy (I am sure one will be along). However I believe that the yoast seo plugin is a well respected solution to this issue.
-
I would no index the tags.
I attached a little image for your review.
I pulled the image from this article on setting up wordpress for SEO: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/setup-wordpress-for-seo-success
However it's still the best practice for most blog's.
-
Tags on blogs can lead to duplicate content, so can date archives if you have them. I generally suggest indexing categories but blocking tags and date archives from being followed, and setting options to show a limited amount of posts per category. Block these in robots.txt as well as putting "noindex" and "nofollow" on the pages.
I don't know what CMS you are using for your blog, but if it is Wordpress, Joost's plugin is an excellent plugin to use to help prevent dup content issues and help overall SEO efforts.
Got a burning SEO question?
Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.
Browse Questions
Explore more categories
-
Moz Tools
Chat with the community about the Moz tools.
-
SEO Tactics
Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers
-
Community
Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!
-
Digital Marketing
Chat about tactics outside of SEO
-
Research & Trends
Dive into research and trends in the search industry.
-
Support
Connect on product support and feature requests.
Related Questions
-
Is using a H1 tag in a logo image bad for SEO?
We have brand logos on certain pages that have H1 tags in them - the H1 text being the brand's name, as this is what we'd want the title of the page to be. The logos are at the top of the page instead of a written title. But is this the best option for SEO? Do search engines value H1 tags in images as highly as a standard H1 tag?Would it be better for SEO to add an alt tag to the logo and add a separate H1 tag on the page that's also the name of the brand?
On-Page Optimization | | DVLighting0 -
Duplicate blogs across different domains
Hi, I am running a blog for several English speaking websites ( e.g Australia, UK ) and I plan doing SEO for these websites. I want to know if it's a must changing all the blogs for these countries in order to avoid Duplicate Content ?
On-Page Optimization | | kiraftw0 -
What are the benefits of the URL meta tag?
We have too many meta tags and want to get rid of all the outdated ones. However, we don't want to eliminate valuable meta tags by mistake. So, before we say goodbye to the URL meta tag, we want to make sure we understand the pros and cons, if any. By the way, we are not referring to canonical URL tags, just URL as in:
On-Page Optimization | | GRIP-SEO0 -
Using display: none in h1 tag
Hello, For the h1 tag on my landing page, I currently have 'Welcome to Edison Ford'. I was thinking of adding the keyword I'm targeting (property maintenance bristol) to the h1 tag which would look like this 'Welcome to Edison Ford Property Maintenance Bristol' Would it be a good idea to wrap the property maintenance bristol part in a span tag and add 'display: none;' to the styling? Thanks in advance.
On-Page Optimization | | PeterAllen910 -
Could incorrect H1 tag stop a page ranking?
A few weeks ago I added an image to the top of each page and somehow (I've only just noticed) the image was inside an h1 tag. Presumably this would be the first element google would crawl and would it consider the image the h1 possibly confusing google about the pages content? My actual h1 further down the page would then possible be disregarded by google? The pages I am talking about have dropped in google and I wonder if this could have been the issue?
On-Page Optimization | | SamCUK0 -
Keyword Repetition in Title Tag
I am managing an online pharmacy website which has thousands of pages. I'm creating title tags for the pages that currently have automated tags.
On-Page Optimization | | pulseseo
I generally choose a word, find the next best alternative and merge them in the title.
Often this results in repetition of 2-3 words. Examples below:-
Title:- Skincare Treatment, Buy Skincare Products Discounted at Online Pharmacy Title:- Nebulisers, Buy Nebulisers UK Discounted at Online Pharmacy Title:- Electronic Dictionaries, Buy Best Electronic Dictionaries Discounted at Online Pharmacy Title:- Cat Skin Care, Buy Cat Skin Care Products Discounted at Online Pharmacy Are these OK or would Google penalize us for it?0 -
My blog title is getting added to my post title and I can't figure out how to remove it
Hello everyone, I am sure most of you guys know how to do this. I am finding that when my posts are listed in google, my blog title is added to my post title. 2 questions. 1. Is this hurting my rankings because the blog title is diluting my keywords making it look like I have a huge title? (the on page optimizer is dinging me for this. 2. I use a self hosted wordpress blog with the all in one seo plugin. Does anyone know how to remove the blog title from being appended to the post title? I thought I could do that in all in one seo by checking the rewrite title box and just having it say %post_title% but that didn't fix it. Also it was doing it before I checked that box as well. Any other ideas to try? Thanks
On-Page Optimization | | FastLearner0 -
Can A Blog post impact negatively on Google rankings?
We used to rank fairly highly on Google for our preferred search term, but once we introduced a blog (or rather the blog excerps) onto our home page we dropped from page 1 to page 3 for our preferred search term. We have made the assumption this may be down to diluting of keywords and therefor the key phrase or message to the Search Engines was not as clear as it was before. Is this generally accepted as being the case ? If so - should each and every blog post excerpt start with the key seo search phrase to maintain the integrity of that search phrase ? or perhaps even better still is it best to have the blog on a dedicated page only with no excerpts on the home page ? We are using Wordpress and also using multiple categories within the blog - is it perhaps best to just have all blog postings on the one page and use TAGS more often? Thanksing you in advance.
On-Page Optimization | | kiswebsltd0