Duplicate Page Content error but I can't see it

[KateWaite85]

Hi All

We're getting a lot of Duplicate Page Content errors but I can't match it up.

For example this page: http://www.daytripfinder.co.uk/attractions/32-antique-cottage

It is saying the on page properties as follows:

Title DayTripFinder - Things to do reviewed by you - 7,000 attractions

<dt style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Meta Description</dt>

<dt style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Read Reviews, Browse Opening Hours and Prices. View Photos, Maps. 7,000 UK Visitor Attractions.</dt>

<dt style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">But this isn't the page title or meta description.
 </dt>

<dt style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">And it's showing five (many others) example pages that share it. Again the page titles and description are different.</dt>

<dt style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.daytripfinder.co.uk/attractions/mckinlay-theatre</dt>

<dt style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.daytripfinder.co.uk/attractions/bakers-dolphin</dt>

<dt style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.daytripfinder.co.uk/attractions/shipley-park-fishing</dt>

<dt style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.daytripfinder.co.uk/attractions/king-johns-lodge-and-gardens</dt>

<dt style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">http://www.daytripfinder.co.uk/attractions/city-hall
</dt>

Any ideas? Not sure if I'm missing something here!

Thanks!

[TakeshiYoung]

"DayTripFinder - Things to do reviewed by you - 7,000 attractions" and "Read Reviews, Browse Opening Hours and Prices. View Photos, Maps. 7,000 UK Visitor Attractions." is what I see on my computer.

Maybe you are serving different content to different users? Or you are seeing something different because you are logged in?

[GManSEO]

It looks to me (and all I did was a cursory 5 minute search so take my thoughts with a grain of salt) that your site is generating Page Titles dynamically.

So for example the pages in this category http://www.daytripfinder.co.uk/theme-parks/east-midlands returns the same page title for each sub category page but with the location changed dynamically, e.g.:

Category Page = Looking for a theme park in East Midlands? DayTripFinder

Sub Category Page = Looking for a theme park in Derby? DayTripFinder

BUT

If for any reason a user gets an error navigating any of these pages then you get served a standard error page that reads this:

Unfortunately there is no listing at this web address. Trying using the search form above by name or searching by location/postcode.

And when that standard error page is served the URL stays the same but the Page Title defaults to the Page Title of the error page, not the page title of the category page.  All of the examples you list above served me the above error message.

So you're getting a duplicate content error messages because both the error message version and the regular version have the same URL.

Although, when I do a site operator with intitle I don't find tons of indexed category pages with the weird page title you list above, even though that's what I'm getting in the examples you cited.  Which is weird.

But my guess is that it has something to do with how you serve your error message, although I would consult someone with more technical expertise to verify.

[KateWaite85]

Thanks Takeshi!

Mistake our end - we're still showing unpublished listings on our 'Nearby' box on published listings.

Appreciate your help, have a great weekend!

[KateWaite85]

Thanks Gman!

You're exactly right. We should never be linking to these pages in the first place and as you say serving up the same message if its the regular (viewed if logged in as admin) or error one (everyone else!).

Many thanks and have a great weekend.