: Duplicate content, point to original? Possible Duplicate: What is duplicate content and how can I avoid being penalized for it on my site? I am building a website for a client

@Gail5422790

It likely depends on how it is implemented. If it's only a small part of the content on the page it shouldn't be a problem, if it is most of the content on the page then it could cause issues. Most sites have one order policy, shipping policy etc. and just link to those pages that way users can find the info but it's not duplicated on every page. There are other alternatives such as JavaScript, pop-ups, or frames that can help keep Google from crawling that content that you may want to consider if the duplicate content is an issue.

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@Kristi941

You won't get penalized but it's likely the duplicate pages will get filtered out. Use Canonical URLs to point to one page that should be considered the master page and shown the the search results.

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If it's just a tab on each product page and there is more unique content related to each product I wouldn't worry about duplicate content issues. This is common and Google is smart enough (so far) to know each product is different and not filter products out just because some of the content is identical. Duplicate content issues only come into play when the majority/all of the content is duplicated across multiple URLs. That clearly isn't the case here.

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