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    • WebbyNabler
      WebbyNabler last edited by

      In the HTML improvements section of Google Webmaster Tools, it is showing duplicate content and I have verified that the duplicate content they are listing does not exist.  I actually have another duplicate content issue I am baffled by, but that it already being discussed on another thread.  These are the pages they are saying have duplicate META descriptions,

      http://www.hanneganremodeling.com/bathroom-remodeling.html

      (META from bathroom remodeling page) <meta name="<a class="attribute-value">description</a>" content="<a class="attribute-value">Bathroom Remodeling Washington DC, Bathroom Renovation Washington DC, Bath Remodel, Northern Virginia,DC, VA, Washington, Fairfax, Arlington, Virginia</a>" />

      http://www.hanneganremodeling.com/estimate-request.html

      (META From estimate page) <meta name="<a class="attribute-value">description</a>" content="<a class="attribute-value">Free estimates basement remodeling, bathroom remodeling, home additions, renovations estimates, Washington DC area</a>" />

      WlO9TLh

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      • Mike.Goracke
        Mike.Goracke last edited by

        It can actually take GWT weeks or months to actually remove these warnings from their reports.

        As long as you have personally verified that they are fixed on your live site, you do not need to worry.

        I just verified that your /estimate-request.html is using the description you stated above; however, Google is still using the meta description you had in place on Jan 30,2013.

        Once Google re-indexes your page, it will appear correctly in the SERPs, but like I said, it may take months for this fix to be reflected in Google Webmaster Tools.

        Does that help?

        Mike

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        • WebbyNabler
          WebbyNabler @Mike.Goracke last edited by

          Thank you so much!!!  The SEOmoz community rocks!!

          Hey, since you nailed this question....wanna take a shot at my other duplicate content issue 🙂

          http://www.seomoz.org/q/duplicate-content-from-indexing-of-non-file-extension-page

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