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    • SAIM_Marketing
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      Hi there and thank you in advance for your help! I'm seeking guidance on how to structure a resources directory (white papers, webinars, etc.) while avoiding duplicate content penalties.

      If you go to /resources on our site, there is filter function. If you filter for webinars, the URL becomes /resources/?type=webinar

      We didn't want that dynamic URL to be the primary URL for webinars, so we created a new page with the URL /resources/webinar that lists all of our webinars and includes a featured webinar up top.

      However, the same webinar titles now appear on the /resources page and the /resources/webinar page. Will that cause duplicate content issues?

      P.S. Not sure if it matters, but we also changed the URLs for the individual resource pages to include the resource type. For example, one of our webinar URLs is /resources/webinar/forecasting-your-revenue

      Thank you!

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      • sarahwalsh
        sarahwalsh last edited by

        Make sure that all of the text you write is white hat, so remove any duplicated text. we never use a.i or duplicated text, and this is how we got a business onto page one in Bristol for "garden bars"- which is something the SEO customer wanted from us.

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        • webduh
          webduh last edited by

          Google doesn't actually penalize for "duplicate Content" Per say... your content just won't be as likely to rank sometimes if it competes with itself fighting between your pages for key words (reffered to as Key-Word -Cannibalism

          Also, Businesses tend to be unique yah know, with different names like Florida Solar East Hot Solar Pool Photovotaic Hot Water Heaters or Green Planet Solar Systems Pandamonium that Identify them with different sounds verbally.. Ma Nu 8 up. Then you fell over N U was 00.... 8 up forever 😛 .

          For Serious though, make a site map, Plan the site, Don't just wordpress it together. You see, we're the Planetears, You can be one to, because unplanned web design from inexperienced coders for SEO spam directories is not the thing to do.

          Here's Watt Captain Make a Visual Site map and Plan that Foundation out and you'll be fine has to say., "Pay me for consulting"

          😉 😉 😉

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