Problem of possible duplicate title tag and description. Help me!

[OptimizedGroup]

Hi everybody,

I'm optimizing this huge website that has a lot of identical categories for differente locations.

I'm trying to find a smart way to write title and description for these categories, changing the location as a variable on the title and description phrase. Here some examples:

Title: Attractions in [CITY]. Sightseeings, monuments and museums in [CITY].

Description: Find travel ideas and suggestions for [CITY]. On [NAME OF THE WEBSITE] you can find a lot of attractions, monuments and sightseeing off the beaten path in [CITY].

Changing only the name of the CITY on these Titles and Descriptions, am I running the risk of duplicate title and description?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Having worked on a very similar project (18,000+ pages,) I know exactly what you are saying, but no, Google won't penalise for this.

What I ended up doing is coming up with about 20 templates that I could use and spread around the pages that faced this issue. That way we were able to at least have some variation.

Perhaps you might not get the same benefit as if each had been hand written for maximum exposure, but that is all you will need to worry about.

-Andy

[OptimizedGroup]

Thank you very much for your answer Andy!

[Andy.Drinkwater]

You're welcome. Good luck and you know where to find me if you have any additional questions

-Andy