Duplicate Descriptions
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Hi,
Our Woo Commerce store has about 30 product tags, of which a separate page is created for each, therefore needing the usual titles and descriptions adding.
I want to know if the pages will be penalised if I 90% duplicate the 150 word description for product tags that have areas of overlap.
How important is this?
Thanks.
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Hello there!
Google does not use Meta description as a ranking factor. So you wont be penalized for having duplicates. But, having good texts there can make a difference as it is the text to likely be shown in SERPs.
Here some extra info:
The Wonderful World of SEO Meta Tags [Refreshed for 2017] - Google Webmasters Central
Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking - Moz BlogBest Luck!
GR.
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