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    • LKCservicesINC
      LKCservicesINC last edited by

      Hello,

      If I have multiple sub-category of the same name ? does that affect SEO for example I have the following category structure?

      domain/bmw/series5/2006.html

      domain/bmw/series5/2007.html .. etc

      domain/bmw/series3/2007.html

      domain/bmw/series3/2006.html  ..etc

      domain/Acura/cl/2006.html

      domain/Acura/cl/2007.html .. etc

      I do use canonical url because I may have the same product in multiple categories but my question does google penalize me because I have the same (year) url key for multiple categories  even though I use canonical url ?

      do I have any advantage in masking them filters vs sub-category from SEO point of view ? specially my goal is to have different meta title and meta description for each sub category ?

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      • Chris.Menke
        Chris.Menke last edited by

        LKC,

        So long as the content on those individual product and category pages is unique and you are canonicalizing duplicate content, there shouldn't be any problem.

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        • Rajesh.Prajapati
          Rajesh.Prajapati last edited by

          You don't need to create many category on same topics.  Google is very smart and know very well about customer need.

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