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Hopefully they will resolve most of the Duplicate Title Tags issues.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://twitter.com/Eterniel\" rel\u003d\"nofollow\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eEterniel\u003c/a\u003e:The biggest problem in this issue, of course, is blogger\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://twitter.com/Eterniel\" rel\u003d\"nofollow\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eEterniel\u003c/a\u003e:It generates unneeded '?showcomment\u003d' urls, which are then interpreted by Google Webmaster Tools as distinct pages\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://twitter.com/Eterniel\" rel\u003d\"nofollow\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eEterniel\u003c/a\u003e:Furthermore, Blogger exports these links in \u003cyoursite\u003e/feeds/comments/default feed\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://twitter.com/Eterniel\" rel\u003d\"nofollow\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eEterniel\u003c/a\u003e:So you have to throw away 'all-head-content' includable and replace it with your own.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI'm quite sure this will resolve all the issues. However, it takes quite some time while Google re-crawls the whole site.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI'm quite impatient, so I will use one trick. Don't pay attention to the following lines, that's just some too complicated robot SEO magic:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cpre style\u003d\"font-size:0.6em;color:green\"\u003e\u0026lt;!-- **robots --\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;script xmlns\u003d'http://www.googlebot.com/1999/gsa-crawler' xmlns:meta\u003d'http://www.googlebot.com/1999/gsa-crawler/meta' \u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;user-agent name\u003d\"Mediapartners-Google\"\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;page\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;uri\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/04/but-i-figure-if-it-isnt-little-scary.html\"\u003ehttp://cranked.me/2008/04/but-i-figure-if-it-isnt-little-scary.html\u003c/a\u003e\u0026lt;/uri\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;index\u0026gt;1\u0026lt;/index\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;follow\u0026gt;0\u0026lt;/follow\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;/page\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;page\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;uri\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/04/reason-i-dont-shop-online.html\"\u003ehttp://cranked.me/2008/04/reason-i-dont-shop-online.html\u003c/a\u003e\u0026lt;/uri\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;index\u0026gt;1\u0026lt;/index\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;follow\u0026gt;0\u0026lt;/follow\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;/page\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;/user-agent\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;/gsa:script\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;!-- /**robots --\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-5679228091384507097?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/5679228091384507097/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2009/03/duplicate-title-tags-part-2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/5679228091384507097"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/5679228091384507097"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2009/03/duplicate-title-tags-part-2.html","title":"Duplicate title tags, part 2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946428812470639584.post-7004462797782793732"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-24T13:59:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-12-24T14:35:16.604+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fun"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"pics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"google"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"wtf"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Google promotes payed text links through ads"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This is what I've seen today in my Gmail:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SVIzu2-7hnI/AAAAAAAAIWw/_isr4HGereM/s1600-h/buy-quality-text-links-for-better-search-engine-results\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" style\u003d\"max-width:100%\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SVIzu2-7hnI/AAAAAAAAIWw/_isr4HGereM/s800/buy-quality-text-links-for-better-search-engine-results\" alt\u003d\"buy quality text links for better search engine results\" title\u003d\"buy quality text links for better search engine results - ad by google\"/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003eThe text says: \u003cq\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncrease page rank\u003c/b\u003e - Buy quality text links for better search engine results\u003c/q\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNice advertising partners, Google :) Looking forward to see more links (to porn, warez etc) delivered directly into my Gmail interface :)\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-7004462797782793732?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/7004462797782793732/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/12/google-promotes-payed-text-links.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/7004462797782793732"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/7004462797782793732"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/12/google-promotes-payed-text-links.html","title":"Google promotes payed text links through ads"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SVIzu2-7hnI/AAAAAAAAIWw/_isr4HGereM/s72-c/buy-quality-text-links-for-better-search-engine-results","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946428812470639584.post-8553443359993084134"},"published":{"$t":"2008-12-10T13:31:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-21T20:47:09.654+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"seo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"changes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"events"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"google"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"experiments"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Seo is going to die... Isn't it?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"About half a year ago I was planning to make a fortune by creating a socially-tailored custom search engine pages. I even started to write a Firefox addon like \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.stumbleupon.com/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eStumbleUpon Toolbar\u003c/a\u003e. But then I discovered \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.scour.com/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003escour.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/ST-7LupLVHI/AAAAAAAAITc/y6vl0RqVJ7g/s1600-h/scour-toolbar.PNG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/ST-7LupLVHI/AAAAAAAAITc/y6vl0RqVJ7g/s800/scour-toolbar.PNG\" style\u003d\"max-width: 100%;\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCouple of weeks ago, Google has introduced \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/searchwiki-make-search-your-own.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eSearchWiki\u003c/a\u003e. The search will never be the same again. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMy rant: frankly, I think this sucks. Playing with the system was fun. Discovering the things that the system \"likes\", being fast to react and getting thousands of hits from search engines (recent example: \u003ca href\u003d\"http://draft.blogger.com/2008/08/msn-worm-virus-g00d-stuffcom-epidemy.html%20\"\u003eg00d-stuff epidemy\u003c/a\u003e). \u003cbr /\u003eNow it all is pretty much gone. Seems botnets is the future of SEO.\u003c/i\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-8553443359993084134?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/8553443359993084134/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/12/seo-is-going-to-die-isnt-it.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/8553443359993084134"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/8553443359993084134"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/12/seo-is-going-to-die-isnt-it.html","title":"Seo is going to die... Isn't it?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/ST-7LupLVHI/AAAAAAAAITc/y6vl0RqVJ7g/s72-c/scour-toolbar.PNG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946428812470639584.post-4692665789475645098"},"published":{"$t":"2008-11-13T14:37:00.019+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-12T12:58:13.931+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogger"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"seo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"howtos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"blogging"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"optimization"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"google"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Duplicate title tags / meta descriptions: Google Webmaster Tools and Blogger blogs (fix-it manual included)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Sometimes I receive very interesting e-mails or insightful comments like this: \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-templates-and-xhtml-markup.html#c7051926467725606787\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003eHave you found a solution to duplicate title tags/duplicate meta description issue?\u003c/a\u003e. I try to respond as extensive as possible at that moment, and often even dedicate posts to describe it in more detail.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo today's post in dedicated to \u003cb\u003eBlogger generated \"Duplicate title tags/Duplicate meta descriptions\" warnings in Google Webmaster Tools.\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/11/duplicate-title-tags-meta-descriptions.html#duplicate_title_tags_duplicate_meta_descriptions_how_to_fix\"\u003eI know how bad duplicate title tags and duplicate meta descriptions are, just give me \"fix it\" paragraph fast.\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat is \"Duplicate title tags\" or \"Duplicate meta descriptions\"?\u003c/h2\u003eSearch engines nowadays are smart. Very smart. However they are still what they are - machines. Sometimes they can't decide which exactly your page matches the search query the best - so they check everything that can give them more clue - titles of your pages, their meta keywords, meta descriptions - everything. However, if two your pages have the same title and same meta description, there is no such clue. That's the reason search engines consider duplicate meta descriptions/title tags as \"bad\", and can actually penalize you for that.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat is Google Webmaster Tools and how is it related to Duplicate title tags and Duplicate meta descriptions warning?\u003c/h2\u003eWe all know \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/\"\u003eGoogle Webmaster Tools\u003c/a\u003e. It is a great tool that gives you some insight on how your website is seen by Google (and can also give you some hints about up-to-date Page Rank of your pages (while toolbar rank is updated once in a couple of months, data in Google Webmaster Tools is more fresh, see \"Crawl stats\").\u003cbr /\u003eHowever, sometimes Google Webmaster Tools provide us with such an intimidating picture:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRv6yo2SzgI/AAAAAAAAIRE/NrfqLJ97HHg/s1600-h/duplicate-title-tags-duplicate-meta-descriptions-warning-in-google-webmaster-tools-2.png\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"duplicate title tags/duplicate meta descriptions warning in google webmaster tools\" border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRv6yo2SzgI/AAAAAAAAIRE/NrfqLJ97HHg/s400/duplicate-title-tags-duplicate-meta-descriptions-warning-in-google-webmaster-tools-2.png\" title\u003d\"duplicate title tags/duplicate meta descriptions warning in google webmaster tools\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Numbers in this image are photoshopped, since after applying everything I wrote in this guide I don't have any duplicate title tags/meta descriptions issues anymore)\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThese numbers can indeed be scary.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy it happens?\u003c/h2\u003eBlogger has a bad habit to refer to comments through links like this: http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-templates-and-xhtml-markup.html?showComment\u003d1219419960000#c7051926467725606787. Thus Google threats links like these as separate pages (while it is actually simply a link to an anchor on your page). Actually, there are \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogspot-cares-about-spammers-more-then.html\"\u003equite a few other SEO problems in Blogger\u003c/a\u003e as well (doesn't mean they can't be fixed though, we'll see it later :)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHow bad is it for SEO?\u003c/h2\u003eFor every comment you have in your blog, Google thinks there exists another page with the same title tag and meta description, thus Google might decide your site is not search-engine-friendly. (Since it's actually one page, these \"multiple\" pages in Google's eyes will also have the same content, which can lead to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-seo-tip-for-sunday-wrap-your.html\"\u003eduplicate content issue\u003c/a\u003e as well). Google Webmaster Tools doesn't show you any statistics about your pages that are considered 'duplicate content', however numbers of 'duplicate title tag issues' and 'duplicate meta description issues' might ring a bell and give you the general idea.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch2 id\u003d\"duplicate_title_tags_duplicate_meta_descriptions_how_to_fix\"\u003eOk, duplicate title tags/duplicate meta descriptions are really bad. How to fix it?\u003c/h2\u003eBasically, all we need to do to fix duplicate title tags and duplicate meta descriptions issue in Blogger is to hide links to comments in your posts from search engines. Content of the comments will still be in search engines because it is a part of your post page.\u003cbr /\u003eSo the fix is performed in three steps:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdit template\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWrap blog archive widget\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRemove or replace recent comments widget\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ol\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote: there is a small twist though: Google will still be able to dig some links to your comment pages from your comments feed (usually located at /feeds/comments/default).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3 id\u003d\"step1\"\u003eStep 1. Edit your blog template\u003c/h3\u003eWe need to hide the permalink to the comment from search engines:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRw1KK8dNtI/AAAAAAAAIRk/b5RdxNGPsfs/s1600-h/interesting-and-motivating-silfiriels-comment-3.png\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRw1KK8dNtI/AAAAAAAAIRk/b5RdxNGPsfs/s800/interesting-and-motivating-silfiriels-comment-3.png\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e(the link that says \u003ci\u003eAugust 22, 2008 5:46 PM\u003c/i\u003e). However, we would still like to be able to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-templates-and-xhtml-markup.html#c7051926467725606787\"\u003elink to the comment\u003c/a\u003e if needed, so the link should still be there for users.\u003cbr /\u003eI'm not a big fan of JavaScript because content generated by it cannot be used for SEO purposes, however this time we will use this weakness for our benefit.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo, open your blog template (remember to previously save it). Tick \"Expand Widget Templates\" checkbox, and find this code in your template:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccode\u003e\u0026lt;a expr:href\u003d'data:comment.url' title\u003d'comment permalink'\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026lt;data:comment.timestamp/\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;/a\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/code\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt should look like this:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SZ2YpxcUVEI/AAAAAAAAIh0/jRAVdq_Gy_g/s1600-h/blogger-template-comment-footer-code-2.png\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SZ2YpxcUVEI/AAAAAAAAIh0/jRAVdq_Gy_g/s800/blogger-template-comment-footer-code-2.png\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eReplace it with the following code:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ccode\u003e\u0026lt;b:if cond\u003d'data:post.commentPagingRequired'\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026lt;a expr:href\u003d'data:comment.url' title\u003d'comment permalink'\u0026gt; \u0026lt;data.comment.timestamp/\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/a\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;b:else/\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026lt;a expr:href\u003d'data:blog.url + \u0026amp;quot;#\u0026amp;quot; + data:comment.anchorName' title\u003d'comment permalink'\u0026gt; \u0026lt;data:comment.timestamp/\u0026gt; \u0026lt;/a\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u0026lt;/b:if\u0026gt;\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/code\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSave the template and check how it looks. It should look the same as original, however now timestamps should link to comments by their anchor ID's, without confusing Google crawler with ?showcomment\u003d part. (In case multi-page comments are required, the long form will be used). \u003cbr /\u003eThe described trick works in all browsers that I know of.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3 id\u003d\"step2\"\u003eStep 2. Wrap blog archive widget\u003c/h3\u003eBlog archive widget for Blogger is very nice, however it has a bad habit of generating long links Google doesn't understand. This leads to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/2008/07/blogger-seo-tip-for-sunday-wrap-your.html\"\u003eduplicate content issues\u003c/a\u003e and duplicate title tags/meta descriptions. It is easy to fix, however: click the small wrench \u003cimg src\u003d\"http://img1.blogblog.com/img/icon18_wrench_allbkg.png\" /\u003e icon under your blog archive widget, and choose \u003cb\u003eflat list\u003c/b\u003e option in the settings window:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRwk3m5y_0I/AAAAAAAAIRc/pWRk6Lbrth8/s1600-h/blogger-blog-archive-widget-configuration-page.png\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRwk3m5y_0I/AAAAAAAAIRc/pWRk6Lbrth8/s800/blogger-blog-archive-widget-configuration-page.png\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003eDon't forget to press \u003cb\u003eSave\u003c/b\u003e button :)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ch3 id\u003d\"step3\"\u003eStep 3. Remove recent comments widget\u003c/h3\u003eRecent comments widget is made by creating a feed widget with \u003cb\u003ehttp://\u003ci\u003e\u0026lt;yoursiteurl\u0026gt;\u003c/i\u003e/feeds/comments/default\u003c/b\u003e url as feed source. It is nifty to have, however it supplies search engines with links to your blog comments, what we try to avoid (because comment content goes to search engines' index with your post page anyway). Either remove the widget or use the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.bloggerbuster.com/2007/08/create-your-oen-recent-comments-widgets.html\"\u003ejavascript recent comments widget\u003c/a\u003e. (The javascript one, however, might slow down loading time of your sidebar a bit).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAfter following instructions supplied here, Google Webmaster Tools will not bother you with the duplicate title tags/meta descriptions issue as there will be none (it takes time for Google to re-crawl all your site, so be patient, takes about 2-3 weeks). This will boost your search engine rankings a little bit since Google now thinks your site is \"Google friendly\" (and in fact it is).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn the next post I'll describe how to teach Blogger to highlight your own comments with different color/style, so make sure you subscribe to my \u003ca href\u003d\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/Eterniel\"\u003erss feed\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGood luck and enjoy your Google Webmaster Tools experience :)\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-4692665789475645098?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/4692665789475645098/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/11/duplicate-title-tags-meta-descriptions.html#comment-form","title":"30 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/4692665789475645098"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/4692665789475645098"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/11/duplicate-title-tags-meta-descriptions.html","title":"Duplicate title tags / meta descriptions: Google Webmaster Tools and Blogger blogs (fix-it manual included)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SRv6yo2SzgI/AAAAAAAAIRE/NrfqLJ97HHg/s72-c/duplicate-title-tags-duplicate-meta-descriptions-warning-in-google-webmaster-tools-2.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"30"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946428812470639584.post-72153027699019834"},"published":{"$t":"2008-09-04T17:45:00.005+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-09-04T18:47:13.658+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"seo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"hacks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"google"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Twitter nofollow bugfix yields angry reaction from exploiters"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cimg alt\u003d\"twitter logo\" src\u003d\"http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/125/twitterlogort8.png\" style\u003d\"float: left;\" title\u003d\"twitter logo\" /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eYesterday, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://twitter.com/\" rel\u003d\"nofollow\"\u003eTwitter\u003c/a\u003e fixed a bug that allowed you to have a value-passing link from Twitter to your website. This caused a \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.sugarrae.com/twitter-lays-down-for-google/\"\u003ebig reaction\u003c/a\u003e, and since it was \u003ca href\u003d\"http://mattcutts.com/\"\u003eMatt Cutts\u003c/a\u003e who \u003ca href\u003d\"http://twitter.com/mattcutts/statuses/865610396\" rel\u003d\"nofollow\"\u003epointed this bug\u003c/a\u003e, Google took all the blame.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt is popular nowadays to nofollow all the links that go from your domain. Wikipedia does it. Twitter was no exception. The scenario is simple:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eget all the link juice in\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e give no link juice out\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eProfit $$$.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ol\u003e\u0026nbsp;This boosts your pagerank \u003ci\u003ea little\u003c/i\u003e, but also turns you into a \"black hole\", sucking link juice from everyone and keeping it all for yourself, thus giving you a reputation of a bitch.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAll the links that you would drop in your twitter messages were nofollowed. A website that you specify in your twitter profile was nofollowed as well. However, due to poor skills of Twitter engineers, a good workaround was found by inventive \u003cstrike\u003eblackhats\u003c/strike\u003e SEOs. All you needed to do is to put a link to your website into your \u003ci\u003eOne Line Bio\u003c/i\u003e profile field - and stupid processing engine would turn it into a fancy value-passing link from a high pagerank page (Twitter currently has PR8, your page could be PR5-7).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOf course, everyone who had even a slightest idea what SEO is, exploited this heavily.\u003cbr /\u003eNow it has been shut down. Oh well, happens - exploits usually don't last long. But what the hell is the reaction to this?\u003cbr /\u003eI will quote Sugarrae in \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.sugarrae.com/twitter-lays-down-for-google/\"\u003eher post\u003c/a\u003e to which I have linked before:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eAn even bigger question for me is, if, IF, Google is really coercing companies like Twitter based on threats of dropping them from their index for non-compliance, at what point does someone decide that due to Google’s reach and power, that doing so is no longer a case of “guidelines” but rather one of blackmail?\u003c/blockquote\u003eWhat the fuck is wrong with you, people? It was a bug - \u003cb\u003eif Twitter creators really intended to give you a credit for your work on Twitter they wouldn't nofollow your webpage link from the very beginning\u003c/b\u003e. You exploited this bug as hard as you could - and once it's been shut up - it's Googles fault - because it was Matt Cutts who finally pointed this out.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe biggest flaw in your claim is that Google actually gives a damn about followed/nofollowed links from Twitter. Why would it care? How will it influence Google? Google would actually benefit more — because if you are a smartass that can build a nice internal PR on Twitter, and then pass it to your website, then you are obviously smart and worth showing high in search results. Now, instead of this 'extra information' that would do Google even better, Google has one more black hole on its hands.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo give it a break, stop whining and don't blame Google because you have just lost a fancy high PR link that you got by cheating anyway.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-72153027699019834?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/72153027699019834/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/09/twitter-nofollow-bugfix-yields-angry.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/72153027699019834"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/72153027699019834"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/09/twitter-nofollow-bugfix-yields-angry.html","title":"Twitter nofollow bugfix yields angry reaction from exploiters"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-946428812470639584.post-4205974464604153315"},"published":{"$t":"2008-09-02T09:15:00.004+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2008-09-02T10:22:49.338+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"software"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"engineering"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"comic"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"google"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"web"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Google Chrome - download it or it will download you!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv xmlns\u003d\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SLzowhIWu2I/AAAAAAAAGBI/vBCqloiPndU/s1600-h/google-chrome-logo.png\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"google chrome logo\" title\u003d\"google chrome logo\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SLzowhIWu2I/AAAAAAAAGBI/l84AyJWw_yk/s320-R/google-chrome-logo.png\" style\u003d\"float: left;\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eToday Google releases it's browser - Google Chrome. The download page is here: \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/chrome\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://www.google.com/chrome\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMeanwhile, while you wait, feel free to check the comic about Google Chrome: \u003ca href\u003d\"http://books.google.com/books?id\u003d8UsqHohwwVYC\u0026amp;printsec\u003dfrontcover#PPA2,M1\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://books.google.com/books?id\u003d8UsqHohwwVYC\u0026amp;printsec\u003dfrontcover#PPA2,M1\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003eIt's fun, I promise :)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SLzp3za-R7I/AAAAAAAAGBQ/_0mhCkXwpVk/s1600-h/google-chrome-comic.PNG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"google chrome comic\" title\u003d\"google chrome comic\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SLzp3za-R7I/AAAAAAAAGBQ/yaxQ1LGeSEA/s400-R/google-chrome-comic.PNG\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis post was originally posted at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://cranked.me/\"\u003eHome of the Cranked SEO\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/946428812470639584-4205974464604153315?l\u003dwww.cranked.me' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.cranked.me/feeds/4205974464604153315/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/09/google-chrome-download-it-or-it-will.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/4205974464604153315"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/946428812470639584/posts/default/4205974464604153315"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://www.cranked.me/2008/09/google-chrome-download-it-or-it-will.html","title":"Google Chrome - download it or it will download you!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cranked"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12112672407202581161"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"01958181988464391374"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6cdJM5oXUS8/SLzowhIWu2I/AAAAAAAAGBI/l84AyJWw_yk/s72-Rc/google-chrome-logo.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}}]}});