So you are saying 301 redirects are better?

Would amount to 50 redirects (in that ball park).

Does not affect google ranking?

So you are saying 301 redirects are better?

Would amount to 50 redirects (in that ball park).

Does not affect google ranking?

The reason for so many duplicate urls is that classified ads limit the number of posting to one url from one classified account. To post multiple ads, therefore, you create multiple websites with different urls.

I appreciate you bearing with me. Making headway with classified ads vs. google seo are  two different entities. And this is a area with scant information on it, as if classifieds are the black sheep of the family. But getting a 2:1 ads v. seo traffic ratio out of the experience.

Creating a couple of additional websites with different urls accomplishes the ability to reach a wider audience with classified ads. One goes where the traffic is.

But does using canonicals that way  offend Google?

I have consciously done a u-turn on this account in terms of time and seen both seo and referral traffic increase in the past couple of months.

But thinking that by increasing SEO ranking = more traffic = revenue.

Adding twitter, quora, facebook since October has given the site a nice boost. However, Yahoo Answers did nothing.

It all comes down to do those canonicals get penalized with Google? Is my seo traffic being suppressed because of it?

Your offer is inviting. I do want to hear more about what traffic drivers are creating the most conversions on.

Goal is to post as many classified ads as possible, which takes multiple duplicate urls on different websites to be competitive, without those duplicate pages impacting the seo ranking on the original site.

Do not care about SEO ranking on those duplicate pages. Just using them to drive traffic via classified ads.

My goal is to have the same page but with multiple urls in order to post several classified ads daily without being penalized by Google.

Have Google Analytics tracking already in place.Using same tracking code for the duplicated pages on different sites as using on original site. I see the # of visitors coming to the site from those pages.

I have the increased referral traffic the customer wants.

I want to make sure I am not hurting my SEO traffic, that Google isn't penalizing me for the duplicate pages on other sites.

My seo traffic is increasing, due to intensive improvements to the content, keywords, etc.

But do those duplicate pages on different website urls using canonicals to the original page hurt my rankings?

Want to optimize referral traffic while at same time keep search engines happy and the ads posted.

Have a client who advertises  on several classified ad sites around the globe.

Which is better (post Panda), having multiple identical urls using canonicals  to redirect juice to original url?

For example: www.bluewidgets.com is the original

www.bluewidgetsusa.com

www.blue-widgets-galore.com

Or, should the duplicate pages be directed to original using a 301?

Currently using duplicate urls.

Am currently not using "nofollow" tags on those pages.