Is it SEO wise to have identical titles for posts on the same website?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by alexblack, May 29, 2017.

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    I have a website with 2 post types - Movies - with general movie details - similar to IDMB and Cinema Schedule Movies - some details about the movie and the times is going to be shown in a cinema.
    The titles will be the same in the end - Moonlight and Moonlight. The links will be different. Ideas?
     
    alexblack, May 29, 2017 IP
  2. ErgoPrime

    ErgoPrime Greenhorn

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    It's a good idea to have similar article that are original in the eyes of Google, but yet rank for the same keywords.
     
    ErgoPrime, Jul 3, 2017 IP
  3. JoeSpirit

    JoeSpirit Well-Known Member

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    Looks to me like the content of the articles will be different. Why not give them different titles? For instance: Moonlight Summary/Moonlight Plot Line and Moonlight Schedule/Moonlight Airing Times.

    That seems to make sense to me but I could be misunderstanding what you're after here. I think Google will penalize you if both articles have the same exact title.
     
    JoeSpirit, Jul 3, 2017 IP
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    I would recommend using different titles for different posts. If you prefer having “Moonlight” as the main title, but you would like to differentiate post types, I would suggest adding a subtitle based on/developed around your target keywords, for example “Moonlight – Movie Summary” and “Moonlight – Movie Timetable”. This way you will avoid creating confusion for your users, while optimizing SEO experience for long-tail keywords.
     
    Gosuperb, Jul 11, 2017 IP
  5. SEOcrawler.io

    SEOcrawler.io Peon

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    No it isn't wise. If you have original content give it an original title. Even if the topics are similar
     
    SEOcrawler.io, Jul 15, 2017 IP