Duplicate Descriptions

[Arnikabhupal]

Hi,

Our Woo Commerce store has about 30 product tags, of which a separate page is created for each, therefore needing the usual titles and descriptions adding.

I want to know if the pages will be penalised if I 90% duplicate the 150 word description for product tags that have areas of overlap.

How important is this?

Thanks.

[GastonRiera]

Hello there!

Google does not use Meta description as a ranking factor. So you wont be penalized for having duplicates. But, having good texts there can make a difference as it is the text to likely be shown in SERPs.

Here some extra info:
The Wonderful World of SEO Meta Tags [Refreshed for 2017] - Google Webmasters Central 
Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking - Moz Blog

Best Luck!
GR.