Short & Long description on same prod page, will same content trigger duplicate content with google?

[jezjen]

We have a long description that is an extended/expanded version of the short description on the same product page ( first 3/4 lines / paragraph same content). Will we be penalised by google for duplicate content for this? will i need to rewrite both so there is different content in both?

[Sinisa]

Google is not aware how you're keeping your data, is it short or long description. It could penalize only for stealing content which you're going to use.

I guess that you're probably using short description with link "show more", which then displays long description. And that's okay, you should not be worried about that.

[Amasty · Accepted solution]

Hey @jezjen

It is completely OK to display product descriptions the way you've described.

For duplicate content to occur there are must be at least 2 different URLs which fully or partially duplicate each other. In your case the content is found on a single page which cannot be considered as a duplicate description.

But you should still provide good user experience and don't show too much text multiple times on a page (first 3/4 lines is OK)