How to fix a duplicated meta description?

In Titles & Metas settings of Yoast SEO, enter a fixed text the Homepage Meta Description with %%page%% at the end of it. Adding %%page%% template tag at the end of Meta description will solve the problem of duplicate Meta Description for pagination or multiple paginated pages.

1. Is it OK to have duplicate meta descriptions?
2. How do I remove duplicate meta tags?
3. What is a duplicate meta description?
4. How do I fix a duplicate meta description on Shopify?
5. How do I find duplicate meta descriptions?
6. What happens when meta description is too long?
7. How do you solve two issues with duplicate title tags?
8. How do I remove a duplicate title tag?
9. What are duplicate tags?
10. Do Meta descriptions need to be unique?
11. Do duplicate meta descriptions affect SEO?
12. What is the character limit of meta description tag?

Is it OK to have duplicate meta descriptions?

Meta descriptions aren't a ranking factor, but duplicate meta descriptions are a missed opportunity to get visibility for your website before people land on it. Users will have a harder time differentiating between similar pages in the search results and this may lead to a much lower CTR which is a ranking factor.

How do I remove duplicate meta tags?

If you have multiple unique URLs with the same meta tags, you may decide to:

1. Change the title of pages to distinguish between the duplicate pages.
2. Add a Canonical URL to indicate which page search engines should index.
3. Set all but one page to noindex.

What is a duplicate meta description?

What are duplicate meta descriptions? If more than two meta descriptions on your site are identical or very similar they are considered duplicate: These meta descriptions are the same, word for word. They're also problematic for other reasons (brevity, non-descriptive) but that's for another blog post.

How do I fix a duplicate meta description on Shopify?

If you have any remaining duplicates, you may just need to go change those titles to differentiate from each other.

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How do I find duplicate meta descriptions?

To find details of the URLs with duplicate meta descriptions for a specific URL, click on the blue URL Details button from the URL List. The URL Details tab will slide across, and you then need to navigate to Duplicate Content -> Meta Descriptions, and you'll see all the duplicate URLs underneath.

What happens when meta description is too long?

There's no penalty for a meta description that's too long, but can sometimes be a lost opportunity. Search engines will typically only show the first 920 pixels characters of a meta description.

How do you solve two issues with duplicate title tags?

To do this, you will need to go into the content management system of your website, or alternatively the hard code if you do not have a content management system. Go into each page where a duplicate title tag is existent and change it so a duplication no longer exists.

How do I remove a duplicate title tag?

How to Remove Duplicate Title Tags

1. Use noindex for Categories.
2. Use noindex for Data-based Archives.
3. Use noindex for Tag Archives.
4. Set up Canonical URLs for your homepage, single post, category and tag pages.

What are duplicate tags?

Google considers multiple pages with the same title tag to contain duplicate content. By their definition, duplicate content “refers to substantive blocks of content within or across domains that either completely match other content or are appreciably similar”.

Do Meta descriptions need to be unique?

Each page must have its own unique, engaging description, otherwise the search engine crawlers may very well pass it by, along with the content it's describing. Sometimes meta descriptions are auto-generated by a CMS or plugin and then overlooked or disregarded.

Do duplicate meta descriptions affect SEO?

You may have heard that having duplicate Meta descriptions on your site won't get you penalised by Google, and that is partially true. Google will not actively penalise you for having duplicate meta tags or meta descriptions on your site. But it's still bad SEO, and it's still costing you rankings.

What is the character limit of meta description tag?

Meta descriptions can be any length, but Google generally truncates snippets to ~155–160 characters. It's best to keep meta descriptions long enough that they're sufficiently descriptive, so we recommend descriptions between 50–160 characters.