Can we use similar images on multi regional websites?
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I have couple of questions regarding multi regional websites. Right now, We're working on http://www.canvaschamp.com/ and planning to design new website for Australia region.
I have read Google's official guidelines regarding duplicate content on following URL.
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/182192?hl=en
Now, I have biggest question regarding images and videos. We're going to use all photo gallery images on Australia website.
http://www.canvaschamp.com/canvas-prints
We may use similar name, title tag, meta description for all images.
So, Will it work for us? I want to save my website from duplicate content penalty.
I am looking forward for any additional help which may help me to perform better on different region with similar images.
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Hello Tommy,
I am 100% agree to use hreflang to remove duplication issue. But, We're planning to go with TLD. And, We're getting issue to use similar images, content and meta on different region website.
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Hello Andy,
I am 100% agree with you regarding Keyword Duplication (Keywords Cannibalization) issues on my website. I have read one fabulous blog post on this subject on MOZ to get more idea on it.
http://moz.com/blog/how-to-solve-keyword-cannibalization
Honestly, I am aware about it. But, I was quite confuse to fix this issue on website. Here, I want to give couple of example to give more ideas or get more ideas from you!
Home Page: We're trying to get rank with Canvas Prints keyword on Google. I have added respective page title, meta description and meta keywords for this page.
Cheap Canvas Prints, Custom Inexpensive Canvas Photo Printing Online
Get cheap canvas printing online at only $10.00. Customize or explore huge image gallery to get your inexpensive canvas photo prints done today from Canvas Champ with, 100% quality and free shipping.
cheap canvas prints, inexpensive canvas prints, cheap custom canvas prints, cheapest canvas prints, cheap photo canvas prints, cheap canvas printing, canvas prints online, custom canvas prints cheap, canvas prints cheap online, cheap canvas pictures
Now, We have too many good authority pages on website where I can see Canvas Prints keyword in title tag and meta description.
http://www.canvaschamp.com/canvas-prints
Photo Gallery for Canvas Prints, Canvas Photo Gallery | CanvasChamp
Photo Gallery, Get Idea for your Canvas Printing from Photo Gallery, Huge collection of Photos for canvas prints, Choose Stunning Photos from Photo gallery on CanvasChamp
Photo Gallery, Gallery, Photo, canvas photo Gallery, Canvas Gallery
We have 3000+ photo gallery page which is containing Canvas Prints and Canvas Art keyword in title tag and meta description.
http://www.canvaschamp.com/mary-of-magdala
Mary of Magdala Canvas Prints, Canvas Arts from CanvasChamp.com
Find Mary of Magdala Canvas Prints & Mary of Magdala Canvas Art @ CanvasChamp.com, Upload or Choose Mary of Magdala Canvas Prints from thousands of designs, Free Shipping & 100% Quality
Mary of Magdala canvas prints,Mary of Magdala canvas arts,Mary of Magdala canvas printing
Honestly, I want to cut down Canvas Prints keyword from all title tag exclude home page and Custom Canvas Prints page.
And, It may give me good hike in Google organic search. What you think about it?
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Hi,
In additional to what Andy mentioned, there are a few ways to avoid duplicate content even though you are using the same content.
If you are targeting different locations, you can either use subdomains or subfolders for each location and by using the hreflang tag, you can tell Google which location you are targeting.
You can learn more about the hreflang here: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-markup-for-multilingual-content.html
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Ah sorry, I misunderstood the Title for meaning ALT text.
It is important to try and be as unique as possible with the page title. It can lead you into duplication problems, but more than that, you can fall into Keyword Duplication (cannibalisation) issues. This is where Google doesn't know which page to rank for a particular phrase.
The best way around this, is to come up with a naming strategy, where you can substitute words for something unique to the page.
For example "Buy Mona Lisa prints online" could be made up of "Buy <title>prints online" and you substitute the <title> for that particular image name.</p> <p>Of course, this just an example of how it works, and you can create a number of different templates to use. It is a good way to avoid having everything look and sound the same.</p> <p>-Andy</p></title>
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Hello Andy,
I am 100% agree with you! And, Thank you very much for detail answer.
If we are talking about permission. So, We're using each and every images with 100% copyright permission.
What about title tag and meta description?
We're going to open similar page on Australia website...
http://www.canvaschamp.com/mona-lisa
And, We may use similar image, image name, description, title tag and meta description for that respective page...
What you suggest on it?
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As you might be aware, Google is very clever when it comes to finding similar / same images around the web, but there is no penalty for using the same image in different sites at all. Just ensure that you have the correct permissions to use the images, as this is about the only stumbling block.
There will be no duplication penalty in doing this, but do try and make the ALT as descriptive and on-target as you can, and don't use any of these opportunities to spam keywords / phrases.
-Andy
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