SEO Collection Pages VS 'Simple' Collection Pages [SHOPIFY]

Should we have SEO based Collections or SIMPLIFIED Collections?

We have a wide range of the same basic product.

Which obviously has a lot of 'similar' keywords that include the basic product, that perhaps we'd like to rank our collection pages for.

That said, there maybe some overlap, or the categories aren't actually that distinct, for example:

• "Fast Computers"
• "Micro Computers"

Another issue is we have a separate category that can include both Fast & Micro, and gets lots of searches ie

• Steel x Computers
• Aluminum x Computers

Obviously these could all be simply under the same 'computer' collection.

QUESTIONS

• How important is simplifying the categories?
• How many categories is 'too many' or 'too few'?
• What about a 'materials' category?
• How important is having different collections pages for SEO?
• How damaging will having different collections pages leading to the same products be?

Thanks.

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