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Multiple sub-category of the same name ? does that effect SEO
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Hello,
If I have multiple sub-category of the same name ? does that affect SEO for example I have the following category structure?
domain/bmw/series5/2006.html
domain/bmw/series5/2007.html .. etc
domain/bmw/series3/2007.html
domain/bmw/series3/2006.html ..etc
domain/Acura/cl/2006.html
domain/Acura/cl/2007.html .. etc
I do use canonical url because I may have the same product in multiple categories but my question does google penalize me because I have the same (year) url key for multiple categories even though I use canonical url ?
do I have any advantage in masking them filters vs sub-category from SEO point of view ? specially my goal is to have different meta title and meta description for each sub category ?
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You don't need to create many category on same topics. Google is very smart and know very well about customer need.
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LKC,
So long as the content on those individual product and category pages is unique and you are canonicalizing duplicate content, there shouldn't be any problem.
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