Website Templates

I don't have a website. I've checked around and there are companies that offer different templates/designs that all you have to do is add your information.

They are not too terribly expensive and look pretty good. Are these a good idea?

An advantage of many template systems is the ready made design and content.

Some template systems however are getting dinged pretty hard in the Google recently because of "Duplicate Content."

A custom design would not have this problem.

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Originally Posted by SEO-LAD

Some template systems however are getting dinged pretty hard in the Google recently because of "Duplicate Content."

A custom design would not have this problem.

I'm curious, why do these register as "duplicate content" if the text is different for each page?

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

I'm curious, why do these register as "duplicate content" if the text is different for each page?

Duplicate content relates to all code on a page. Text" is only one element of the page and on many pages only a "small" element.

Do you think giving each page a unique title and anchors will help any?

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Do you think giving each page a unique title and anchors will help any?

At the very least, each page in a website should have a unique:

Title
Description
First Paragraph

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Originally Posted by Jeffrey Blackwell

At the very least, each page in a website should have a unique:

Title
Description
First Paragraph

OK, <title> codes. That's clear. Do both description and 1st paragraph fall under the category of text?

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

OK, <title> codes. That's clear. Do both description and 1st paragraph fall under the category of text?

Here is an example of a the basic code for a standard HTML page:

PHP Code:


			
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<head>
<title>Your Page Title</title>
<meta name="description" content="Your Page Description" >
<meta name="keywords" content="Your Keywords" >
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body> 
<h1>First Heading</h1>
<p>First Paragraph</p>
</body>
</html>

Thank you, Jeffrey, that is very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to go back and forth with me, these last few days. Your input has been very helpful.

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Originally Posted by RainMaker

Thanks for taking the time to go back and forth with me, these last few days. Your input has been very helpful.

My pleasure. I'm here to help.

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Gilbert	Website Templates I don't have a website. I've checked around and there are companies that offer different templates/designs that all you have to do is add your information. They are not too terribly expensive and look pretty good. Are these a good idea?

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SEO-LAD	Re: Website Templates An advantage of many template systems is the ready made design and content. Some template systems however are getting dinged pretty hard in the Google recently because of "Duplicate Content." A custom design would not have this problem.

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RainMaker	Re: Website Templates Do you think giving each page a unique title and anchors will help any?

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RainMaker	Re: Website Templates Thank you, Jeffrey, that is very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to go back and forth with me, these last few days. Your input has been very helpful.

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