Google Webmaster Help – Can product descriptions be considered duplicate content
If you want to understand about product descriptions being considered as duplicate content then the best person to learn from is Matt Cutts. Matt is Head of Google’s Webspam Team and in this video he explains about duplicate content problems with product descriptions.
If you listen to what Matt has said here you can help to optimise your website yourself.
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