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Hi there,

I have often heard that you cannot have multiple pages rank for the same keyword. My question here is more about long tail keywords who have the same keyword phrase repeated on different pages.

For Example:

I have two webpages with different content.

I want to have one page (Homepage) rank for the more generic term such as "innovation management" and another supporting page rank for "innovation management software".

Will Google see these two different webpages as competing? Should I avoid repeating the more general term in the phrase?

Has anyone ever seen your SEO results decline when doing this? I don't  believe this is duplicate content since the pages hold completely different copy and assets but I am not sure if the repeating phrase in the title tags will flag anything to the search engines.

I have a global client who just launched new sub domains of their site in new languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Japanese).

Example:

es.client.com

pt.client.com

ru.amdocs.com

ja.amdocs.com

How long does it take for Google to recognize these new subdomains? Would submitting an XML sitemap be helpful? If so how long can we see them pick up the site?

What is the best way to check that your new subdomains are showing in each countries SERPs?

Thanks for your help!

A client of mine creates thought leadership articles and pitches multiple sites to host the article on their site to reach different audiences.

The sites that pick it up are places such as AdAge and MarketingProfs and we do get link juice from these sources most of the time.

Does having the same article on these sites as well as your own hurt your SEO efforts in any way? Could it be recognized as duplicate content?

I know the links are great just wondering if there is any other side effects especially when there are no links provided!

Thank you!

Currently, my client's blog makes a duplicate page every time someone comments on a post. The previous SEO consultant told the developer to not put a canonical link directing it to the main blog post. Did taking out the canonical link result in these duplicate pages?

My question is why would she recommend this action?

Is it best to now add in the canonical link in or should we implement a 301 redirect or insert a index: no follow?

Would adding a canonical link keep duplicate pages from happening in the future?