… pages have duplicate meta descriptions

  • Resolved diEfoRyoU

    (@dieforyou)


    2 years, 5 months ago

    Hi, i check my website with semrush and i took that error.

    167 pages have duplicate meta descriptions

    That category pages. What i should do for category descriptions dont take this error for

    site.com/category/blabla/page/2

    site.com/category/blabla/page/3

    https://prnt.sc/Y6dymRI3vKEd

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by diEfoRyoU.
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  • devnihil

    (@devnihil)

    2 years, 5 months ago

    @dieforyou You can avoid having duplicate titles or meta descriptions in paginated content by adding the %page% variable. We also have more information on using the template variables here: https://yoast.com/help/list-available-snippet-variables-yoast-seo/

    Thread Starter diEfoRyoU

    (@dieforyou)

    2 years, 4 months ago

    i’m allready using %page% veriable for title’s. i have no problem with title’s. i have problem with “duplicate meta descriptions”

    “duplicate meta descriptions” this error for categories.

    site.com/category/test
    site.com/category/test/page/2

    Or you say:

    use %%page%% veriable for description to? here: https://prnt.sc/TVFtDbrNmD79

    Thread Starter diEfoRyoU

    (@dieforyou)

    2 years, 4 months ago

    Hi, @devnihil are you forgot me?

    Plugin Support Maybellyne

    (@maybellyne)

    2 years, 4 months ago

    Can you share a screenshot of the meta description field for the category?

    Thread Starter diEfoRyoU

    (@dieforyou)

    2 years, 4 months ago

    i shared allready but it was empty, im ussually writing something about category. for example: https://prnt.sc/8jLP3OMWqIBP

    Plugin Support Maybellyne

    (@maybellyne)

    2 years, 4 months ago

    Thanks for the screenshot. I understand your category archive is paginated and Semrush is reporting duplicate meta description.

    Defining unique meta descriptions for each page in a paginated series is impossible.

    You could use the %%page%% snippet variable in the meta description field, so for your site.com/category/test/page/3, you’ll have something that looks like this:

    <meta name="description" content="Page 3 of 4 | This is the meta description for my category archive pages." class="yoast-seo-meta-tag" />

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by Maybellyne.
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