: Do I have duplicate content issues to be worried about? We built a website targeting different regions but with the same English language (Ireland, England and America). The content for the most
We built a website targeting different regions but with the same English language (Ireland, England and America). The content for the most part is the same set up on 3 different subfolders.
www.example.com/ - targeting the United States in WMT
www.example.com/ie - targeting Ireland in WMT
www.example.com/uk - targeting UK in WMT
Do I have duplicate content issues to be worried about?
If so, how do I get around this issue?
Also is there anyway of finding out if Google have in some way penalised these pages for having the same content on other pages trageting different countries? I have not received any messages from Google in WMT saying there is duplicate so I'm not sure if this is an issue.
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The URL structure you've used for targeting content to different countries is one of the ones recommended by Google here.
As indicated further down in that, providing that you use a recognized URL structure, Google will understand if the content is the same or similar:
Websites that provide content for different regions and in different
languages sometimes create content that is the same or similar but
available on different URLs. This is generally not a problem as long
as the content is for different users in different countries. While we
strongly recommend that you provide unique content for each different
group of users, we understand that this may not always be possible.
Therefore, you should be fine given the above and that you haven't received any duplicate content warnings in Google Webmaster Tools.
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