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    • khi5
      khi5 last edited by

      I have some advanced statistics modules implemented on my website, which is very high level added value for users. However, wording is similar across 1000+ pages, with difference being the statistical findings.
      Page Ex 1: http://www.honoluluhi5.com/oahu/honolulu-condos/
      Page Ex: 2: http://www.honoluluhi5.com/oahu/honolulu/metro/waikiki-condos/

      As you can see same wording is used "Median Sales Price per Year", "$ Volume of Active Listings" etc etc....difference being the findings / results are obviously different.

      Questions: are search engines smart enough to realize the quality in this or do they see similar wording across 1000+ pages and p-otentially consider the pages low-quality content, because search engines are unable to identify the high level added value and complexity in pulling such quality data? If that may be the case, does that mean I ought to make the pages more "unique" by including a little piece of writing about each page to make them look more unique, even though it is not of value to users?

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      • AndrewAtMGXCopy
        AndrewAtMGXCopy last edited by

        Hey khi5 —

        I don't have a _specific _answer, but I have something better: a way of finding related answers!

        If you search on Moz for "Real Estate", you might find some SEO best practices for your real estate SEO/multi-listing type sites:

        • Moz Q&A Search for "real estate"
        • [Moz Q&A] Real Estate and Duplicate Content
        • [Moz Q&A] Canonicals for Real Estate
        • [Moz Q&A] Seo & Real Estate Site?

        Hope that helps point you in a good direction.

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        • khi5
          khi5 @AndrewAtMGXCopy last edited by

          thank you, Andrew. I appreciate your help. Still looking for more conclusive / direct answer to my question.

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          • AndrewAtMGXCopy
            AndrewAtMGXCopy @khi5 last edited by

            Hey Khi5 —

            I just took a closer look at your webpage, as well as the related questions that you've asked before.

            I think an even bigger problem than "duplicate content" is "thin content". The main body of your page is 56 words, when the general rule of thumb is to put 300+ words of content.

            To answer you more specifically:

            • No, I don't believe that search engines have the ability to identify very similar content, because they go by keyword. Even if the search engines DON'T categorize the content as duplicate, they're all competing with each other for the same keywords. The articles are all competing with each other in the same space. If you're trying to focus on "Honolulu" vs "Waikiki" vs <some other="" neighborhood="">, then your pages also need many more repeats of the keywords you're trying to win. </some>
            • If the bulk of your page is unique (b/c you're writing about Honolulu as a category vs Waikiki as a specific neighborhood), then you don't have to worry about duplicate content; most of your content is unique

            tl;dr: > 300 words, repeat desired exact match keywords several times on a page; yes, create create unique content to make the pages more unique and specific

            Hope that helps more.

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