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What is duplicate meta title?
Below are some examples and the solutions to fix the “duplicate page titles” error in SEO: 1. Two or more pages with the exact same page title and the exact same page content, but different URLs. It sometimes happens that you want the same page in two different places on your website.
How do I fix a duplicate meta description in WordPress?
Unique URLs with duplicate meta tags If you have multiple unique URLs with the same meta tags, you may decide to: Change the title of pages to distinguish between the duplicate pages. Add a Canonical URL to indicate which page search engines should index. Set all but one page to noindex.
Do meta descriptions need to be unique?
Each page must have its own unique, engaging description, otherwise the search engine crawlers may very well pass it by, along with the content it’s describing. Sometimes meta descriptions are auto-generated by a CMS or plugin and then overlooked or disregarded.
How to fix duplicate meta descriptions and titles in WordPress for SEO?
In Titles & Metas settings of Yoast SEO, enter a fixed text the Homepage Meta Description with %%page%% at the end of it. Adding %%page%% template tag at the end of Meta description will solve the problem of duplicate Meta Description for pagination or multiple paginated pages.
Where can I find a duplicate meta description?
You can access the pages with Duplicate, Long or Short Meta description and Title tag by clicking the text. (for example – Duplicate meta descriptions, Short meta descriptions etc.) On the next screen, you will see the duplicate, long or short Meta Description and/or Title itself and the links of affected pages.
Is it bad to have two meta descriptions?
Having two pages compete for the same terms is confusing to Google and will only harm your rankings. It’s also confusing to users who may skip over a page that may have solved their problem and benefited you.
When to use a meta description template in WordPress?
Use a Meta Description template instead of fixed text. This method is suitable when you’re using a static page as homepage of your WordPress site. In that case, you can use %%excerpt%% %%sep%% %%page%% template in Meta Description template.