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clydethorburn
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#1 · Posted: 28 Mar 2010 15:22
I always keep up to date with SEO trends on Google by monitoring what Matt Cutts has to say about various SEO topics using the Google search engine. I also listen to what Greg Grothaus has to say as he is a Search Quality Software Engineer who works for Google. I recently studied one of Greg's videos about the myth around duplication of content on Google. I was wondering whether sending the same content to different content submission areas like press release, article, forum and blog companies would be considered duplicate content.
These content submission companies all have and create different urls for content submissions compared to creating many domains that have the same domain name but differ slightly with their extensions and or sub domains and then placing the same content on them. Greg Grothaus's video can be viewed at youtube.com/watch?v=6hSoXutuj0g and I ask all serious SEO professionals to comment on and to discuss whether they agree with me or not.
Looking forward to your comments.
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WOWAustin
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#2 · Posted: 29 Mar 2010 09:22
Duplicate content will not penalize you. Google just ignores pages with duplicate content after having indexed the original page. Think of it like this: if I go to a car dealership and see one red Corvette, it sticks in my mind. But if I go to another dealership and see 50 red Corvettes, which stands out? I will probably remember the first one I saw and ignore the rest.
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talfighel
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#3 · Posted: 29 Mar 2010 10:28
WOWAustin: Duplicate content will not penalize you. Google just ignores pages with duplicate content after having indexed the original page. Think of it like this: if I go to a car dealership and see one red Corvette, it sticks in my mind. But if I go to another dealership and see 50 red Corvettes, which stands out? I will probably remember the first one I saw and ignore the rest.
That makes really good sense. Thanks for sharing.
Tal
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mikerowan
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#4 · Posted: 30 Mar 2010 02:34
Duplicate content has been and always will be a natural part of the Web. It's nothing to be afraid of. If your site has some dupe content for whatever reason, you don't have to lose sleep every night worrying about the wrath of the Google gods.
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andie926
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#5 · Posted: 19 Apr 2010 15:01
All good to know, thanks for info. I am just getting into affiliate marketing and was wondering about this because I submitted an article that had similar content to my squidoo lens.
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jeffreysloe
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#6 · Posted: 20 Apr 2010 08:45
WOWAustin: Duplicate content will not penalize you. Google just ignores pages with duplicate content after having indexed the original page.
I agree! And when I look at the term "duplicate content" I think of rss feeds. Why would web sites accept "content" from other sites if duplicate content was so bad?
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ericsquest
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#7 · Posted: 21 Apr 2010 02:43
From what I can tell, it looks like duplicate content only is a problem if it is on the same site. I know this goes against what most will tell you out there, but it has been my experience that I have been able to get the exact same content ranked on different sites, but not on the same site.
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ryanbiddulph
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#8 · Posted: 21 Apr 2010 10:08 · Edited by: ryanbiddulph
I think duplicate content is unneccesary. There's nothing wrong with it; it just says that you aren't clever enough to attract a crowd with genuine, original content. Become a masterful writer and you won't have to duplicate.
That being said if it works for you, use it.
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ericsquest
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#9 · Posted: 21 Apr 2010 12:51
Ryan, I'm curious to know why you think having duplicate content ranked is the sign of someone who is not "clever"? The duplicate content I have ranked for in the past on multiple sites has actually been articles of mine that have been republished by others. Writing quality content that others want to post on their sites seems pretty clever to me 
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