Duplicate Title Errors on Product Category Pages - The best practice?
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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
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I suppose this is the best solution for your problem.
The canonical tag wouldn't be as appropriate as this one.
Good luck!
Oscar
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Hello
Yes - I found this blog post after I had submitted the question.
Looks like this could be the solution.
Thanks
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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.
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