: Duplicated text on site and seo I have on my website hundreds of pages with a help text in it. This text is the same for all the pages and is long compared to the rest of the texts on

@Berumen354

Search engines can recognise "boiler-plate" text - the text that is replicated on all pages of the site, like navigation, footers, sidebars, etc - so i'd expect that the SE's will see your "help text" in that respect.

That being said, I don't think it's the best user experience, and probably not the best for providing search engines with the content they're looking for.

I'd suggest you use a cookie-based method of detecting if a user has been to the site (either before, or for a session), and use JavaScript to display that text (externalize if possible).

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@Angie530

It's a little hard to judge without seeing an actual example, but doesn't it seem a little strange that you've got help text that's disproportionate to your actual content? I'd say it suggests some interface problems. It almost sounds like you're trying to fix your user experience(since you brought it up) by constantly explaining it, which is the wrong approach altogether.

Do you really need all of that text right on the page, every single page? Have you considered cutting it down to the few most common problems and having a "more" link pointing at the full version on a centralized page?

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