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    Can use of the id attribute to anchor t text down a page cause page duplication issues?

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    • Chammy
      Chammy last edited by

      I am producing a long glossary of terms and want to make it easier to jump down to various terms.

      I am using the<a id="anchor-text"  ="" attribute="" so="" am="" appending="" #anchor-text="" to="" a="" url="" reach="" the="" correct="" spot<="" p=""></a>

      <a id="anchor-text"  ="" attribute="" so="" am="" appending="" #anchor-text="" to="" a="" url="" reach="" the="" correct="" spot<="" p="">Does anyone know whether Google will pick this up as separate duplicate pages?</a>

      <a id="anchor-text"  ="" attribute="" so="" am="" appending="" #anchor-text="" to="" a="" url="" reach="" the="" correct="" spot<="" p="">If so any ideas on what I can do? Apart from not do it to start with? I am thinking 301s won't work as I want the URL to work. And rel=canonical won't work as there is no actual page code to add it to.

      Many thanks for your help

      Wendy</a>

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      • cogbox
        cogbox last edited by

        Google won't have any problem with this setup and won't view URLs like /glossary#a, /glossary#b as duplicate content. You should be fine.

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        • EGOL
          EGOL last edited by

          whispering

          IMO these on-page anchor links are almost as powerful in optimization as a title tag.

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          • Chammy
            Chammy last edited by

            Great, many thanks guys - I will keep going with what I was intending to do!

            Wendy

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