: Duplicate titles due to translation issues I have a page in English and the same one in French, however the title cannot be translated to French, so even though the whole page is in French

@BetL925

Problem with duplicate content becomes important when most of the pages content exactly the same content on several places, but Google as a ratio of allowed duplicate content that is allowed for example for the copyright zone, the menus, etc.

The main problem with untranslated titles is that you will have a lower Click-Through-Rate on French Queries and you will have a lower ranking on French keywords that could have been set in the title. It is also bad for UX (User Experience). Finally, but that is in my opinion a smaller problem, Google might decrease the ranking of the two pages for duplicate titles since it is bad practice, but this would have a smaller effect than the three aforementioned points.

So, to answer your last questions: yes and no. You need to have distinct and translated titles for your English and French page.

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