Duplicate Title Errors on Product Category Pages - The best practice?

[bricktech]

I'm getting quite a few 'Duplicate Title Error' on category pages which span over 2 - 3 pages.

E.g.

• http://www.partwell.com/cutting-punches
• http://www.partwell.com/cutting-punches?page=1
• http://www.partwell.com/cutting-punches?page=2
• http://www.partwell.com/cutting-punches?page=3

All 4 pages currently have the same title... <title>Steel Cutting Punches</title>

I was thinking of adding Page Numbers to the title of each corresponding page, thus making them all unique and clearing the Duplicate Page Title errors.

E.g.

• <title>Steel Cutting Punches</title>
• <title>Steel Cutting Punches | Page 1 of 3</title>
• <title>Steel Cutting Punches | Page 2 of 3</title>
• <title>Steel Cutting Punches | Page 3 of 3</title>

Is this the best way to go around it? Or is there another way that I'm not thinking of?

Would I need to use the rel=canonical tag to show that the original page is the one I want to be found?

Thanks

[PremioOscar]

I suppose this is the best solution for your problem.

The canonical tag wouldn't be as appropriate as this one.

Good luck!

Oscar

[bricktech]

Hello

Yes - I found this blog post after I had submitted the question.

Looks like this could be the solution.

Thanks

[PremioOscar]

Hello there,

You might want to look into rel=prev rel=next without having to change the page titles.

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/pagination-with-relnext-and-relprev.html

Hope it helps.