Hi

 

I am building a blog and would like to structure it as below however I have been told there may be issues with duplicate internal content re the snippet text being a copy of the main text.

 

Structure:-

 

blog.php: This will contain a list of all blog entries displaying title & first 15 words snippet with "read more" link.

 

The "read more" link will display the full blog entry eg. blogentry.php?entry1 etc

 

Will the fact that the title & snippet is displayed in blog.php create a duplicate content issue with blogentry.php?entry1?

 

Regards

 

Steve

 

 

Instead of doing a snippet, personally I would do a description, that way you can make it as interesting as you need it without twisting the original article and you can even gear it a little towards SEO.

Don't worry about it! Using a method such as extracting the first x number of words is very commonplace and it's not the sort of thing search engines will see as duplication.

 

If you're still worried just create a new data field called something like "Summary" that you can use to summarise, or precis the post content. You could then use this instead of extracting the first 15 words, or just fall back to the 15 words if you don't add the summary.

Thank you both for your quick replies.

 

Sometimes the simplest solution is not only the best but is often overlooked.

 

I think the "summary phrase" not only provides a more descriptive index entry but also avoids any duplicate content issues.

 

Thanks

I recommend the ACF plugin, or, advanced custom fields plugin. Maybe not directly for what you're using where you can perhaps just use wordpress' built in functionality, but if you have more advanced requirements, ACF is a great tool to help display custom data for post types without getting messy. You'll find it more flexible and powerful that vanilla wordpress.

Thanks for the reply "williamsGraphics".

 

Sorry I didn't make it clear that my blog is bespoke not Wordpress.

 

I have decided to go with the advice offered by the first two replies.

 

Is it just me or are we having to spend too much time and effort complying with the whimbs of google?

Build websits for people not search engines, Google is just a tool and like any tool if it's overused it can cause damage.