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Coleen
#1 Posted : Wednesday, December 26, 2007 10:10:21 PM(UTC)
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Google flags as a potential problem the duplicate meta content on the system pages such as customer service, contact, login, etc. A suggestion for a future SP would be allowing us to specify a meta description for each of those, or automatically appending the page title to the meta description.


Same goes for multiple page length category pages, it flags the meta description for being the same. It "shouldn't" cause a problem, but you never know. Even appending the page number somewhere in the description may help.
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:50:56 AM(UTC)
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I vote for this on multiple page length category pages Google Web mater tools reports duplicate title tags

e.g. http://www.lowcostvans.co.uk/Chassis-Cab.aspx and http://www.lowcostvans.c...x?sortorder=2&page=2

Even if it does not have any adverse ranking effects it gives me grief with the customers.
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#3 Posted : Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:04:25 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: "C" Go to Quoted Post
A suggestion for a future SP would be allowing us to specify a meta description for each of those, or automatically appending the page title to the meta description.


These changes are pretty easy to make. To specify the meta information, just add these lines to your Page_Load method.

Code:

Me.MetaKeywords = "custom keywords here"
Me.MetaDescription = "custom description here"


You can also prevent BV from using the default meta information for the store on pages where the keywords and description aren't specified. To do this, edit the \App_Code\BaseStorePage.vb file and comment out these lines (line 120-121):

Code:

' Me.MetaKeywords = WebAppSettings.MetaKeywords
' Me.MetaDescription = WebAppSettings.MetaDescription



Originally Posted by: "C" Go to Quoted Post
Same goes for multiple page length category pages, it flags the meta description for being the same.

Originally Posted by: "Simon Thomas" Go to Quoted Post
I vote for this on multiple page length category pages Google Web mater tools reports duplicate title tags


This change is a little more involved, though still not that bad. You will need to edit each category template. For this example I am editing the Grid template: \BVModules\CategoryTemplates\Grid\Category.aspx.vb

1. Move the PopulateCategoryInfo() method call from line 27 to the end of the If statement (approximately line 41).

2. Add this code block to the bottom of the PopulateCategoryInfo() method

Code:

If Pager1.GetPageCount > 1 Then
Dim pagerInfo As String = " - page " & Pager1.CurrentPage & " of " & Pager1.GetPageCount

Me.PageTitle &= pagerInfo
Me.MetaKeywords &= pagerInfo
Me.MetaDescription &= pagerInfo
End If



DISCLAIMER: this code was only minimally tested.

Hope this helps!
Aaron Sherrick
BV Commerce
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spt251067
#4 Posted : Monday, March 16, 2009 2:59:02 PM(UTC)
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Hi Aaron

thanks for the tips. Very useful

regards

Simon
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