Multi-domain content and meta data feed

[SteveK64]

Hi,

I am working with a client whose web developer has offered to build a CMS that auto-feeds meta-data and product descriptions (on-page content) to two different websites which have two completely different URL's (primary domain names) associated with them.   Please see screenshots attached for examples.

The entire reason this has been offered is to avoid duplicate content issues.  The client has two E-Commerce websites but only one content management system that can update both simultaneously.  The work-around shown in the screenshots is the developers attempt at ensuring that both sites have unique meta data and on-page content associated with each product.

Can anyone advise whether they foresee that this may cause any issues from an SEO perspective.

Thanks in advance

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[matbennett]

That is a rather horrible hack! It'll probably work, but in terms of data structure it's not good - which generally leads to long term headaches.

We've built a number of systems that function as the back-end to multiple sites. Likewise content served in different languages presents similar challenges (or for ultimate fun: several sites in several languages leading to 12 pages per item!).  I would always have this data served in separate fields.

The easiest way to imagine this is that you had either a separate copy of that form for each domain, or 2 columns in the form with domain A on the left and domain B on the right.

Presumably in your example, the details are separated out at the point when the page is rendered. It's messy, it suggests to me a developer who is constrained by their understanding of the platform that they are working on. However, it should work.