Problem with possibly duplicate content
TheBicyclingGuitarist
original songs with R Band. These have their own lyrics pages on my
web site, and the bread crumb navigation follows their path from the R
Band Story albums.
Now, I am about to release an album of fourteen of my best songs from
the past thirty years, including eight from the R Band years. The
problem is these songs are in a different order, with other songs on
the album, and the original lyrics pages with their introductions and
breadcrumb navigation trails do not match the new introductions and
new breadcrumb navigation for the new album song list. The previous
song and next song links also would be different on the old albums
versus the new one.
So, how should I do this? New pages with their own different URL for
the same lyrics but with different introductions, bread crumbs, and
previous and next buttons? Or should I have TWO sets of introductions,
breadcrumbs, and previous/next buttons for the songs that are on more
than one album? The older pages also are in a style I don't want for
the new album. How will this affect the search engines?
Chris Beall
I would opt for new pages. That gives you the flexibility to style the
new album as you wish. It is also easier. Finally, your second option
sounds like it would confuse visitors.
Will both albums be hosted at the same domain? If so, I would hope search
engines would not penalize you for duplicate content within your own
domain. I also hope for world peace...
Chris Beall
TheBicyclingGuitarist
Thanks for your reply. I've already started making new pages with new
URLs. I also modified the meta keywords to eliminate the R Band
references on the new pages. Hopefully with the new pages having some
different text, having the same lyrics on more than one page of my web
site won't hurt me too much. All my stuff is hosted on the same domain
for now. If I get more famous or richer I might start a new domain for
the newer material. Peace.