Is duplicate content online really penalised by Google?

[TODMovies]

If a website has multiple URLs pointing to the same content - is it really bad?

If a website takes content from a partner website and and posts it- is it that bad?

Also how can you get penalized?

[David]

Originally Posted by TODMovies

If a website has multiple URLs pointing to the same content - is it really bad?

If a website takes content from a partner website and and posts it- is it that bad?

Also how can you get penalized?

I don't know for sure, none of us do really but I've seen a post in the Google Adsense and Website Tools forums that said something to the effect of:

40 "points" off for X
40 "points" off for Y
10 "points" off for Z

so apparently there is some kind of rating system, you 'step over a line' too much and the aggregate total of your 'transgressions' are accumulated

...and you're temporarily, summarily, beheaded

at least the site is be headed

IMHO anyway

[Solidsnake]

Originally Posted by TODMovies

If a website has multiple URLs pointing to the same content - is it really bad?

If a website takes content from a partner website and and posts it- is it that bad?

Also how can you get penalized?

1. No, that is good considering it has a lot of backlinks
2. Yes, it is bad especially for the original site.
3. Do not post duplicate content and limit selling links in your website.

[h1dayah]

Originally Posted by funning17

i have mixed feelings too with that my some sites not banned or not index but some got realy high page rank with duplicate content or rewrite content

How is it if we use on different URL.....sample we use 3 blog,3 wordpress,3 squiddo but all pointing to 1 website with optimize on certain keyword.thank you.

[Hendry Lee]

I have written quite extensively in the past, with links to Google's resources and blog posts, about duplicate content filter issue.

Duplicate Content Penalty and Filter — Do They Exist? How Do They Work?

[captivereef]

I used to not think so but my last site every article for ezinearticles i wrote i rewrote 100% and submitted to five more really good directories. For low hanging keywords all six articles were on page one of Google. That never happened before when i submitted the same article to the directories. So i am a believer that duplicate content will not get you as far. I guess like anything the easy way raely is the best way!

[NikkiPatrick]

The latest issue of Search Engine News that is put out by Planet Ocean told us that Google has officially come out saying there is NO penalty for duplicate content. However, only 1 of your listings has the opportunity to show in the search engines. Among other issues, but no penalty.

Having multiple urls pointing to the same content can hinder you and stealing copy is just down write wrong.

A common cure for this is to write your articles in this format is...
Sit down and write the article. When that article is complete write another one. the topic is still fresh in your mind and the content will be different enough to not be duplicate. When the second article is done write another one and so on. Your content only has to be 20% different in order to not be considered duplicate.

Also, planet ocean reported that Google down graded the importance of links coming from article directories that are not quality. And that when looking for directories to submit to make sure they have a decent page rank and a fresh cashe date. Only 10% of your link building program should be from directories.

Hope that helps

[David]

Originally Posted by captivereef

I used to not think so but my last site every article for ezinearticles i wrote i rewrote 100% and submitted to five more really good directories. For low hanging keywords all six articles were on page one of Google. That never happened before when i submitted the same article to the directories. So i am a believer that duplicate content will not get you as far. I guess like anything the easy way raely is the best way!

Hey CaptiveReef:

What is a "low hanging keyword"???

[captivereef]

one with not alot of other pages competing for it. Low hanging, another way of saying low competition

[David]

Originally Posted by NikkiPatrick

The latest issue of Search Engine News that is put out by Planet Ocean told us that Google has officially come out saying there is NO penalty for duplicate content. However, only 1 of your listings has the opportunity to show in the search engines. Among other issues, but no penalty.

Having multiple urls pointing to the same content can hinder you and stealing copy is just down write wrong.

A common cure for this is to write your articles in this format is...
Sit down and write the article. When that article is complete write another one. the topic is still fresh in your mind and the content will be different enough to not be duplicate. When the second article is done write another one and so on. Your content only has to be 20% different in order to not be considered duplicate.

Also, planet ocean reported that Google down graded the importance of links coming from article directories that are not quality. And that when looking for directories to submit to make sure they have a decent page rank and a fresh cashe date. Only 10% of your link building program should be from directories.

Hope that helps

Thanks NikiPatrick,

we can see the PR with the Google Tool Bar

How do we see what you described as: "fresh cache date"???

Where is that value found?

[michaelbeauchamp]

Originally Posted by Hendry Lee

I have written quite extensively in the past, with links to Google's resources and blog posts, about duplicate content filter issue.

Duplicate Content Penalty and Filter — Do They Exist? How Do They Work?

Hi Hendry,

I had a quick look at the article and some of the links to other related info and found it all quite interesting & helpful.

Thanks for that.

Michael

[michaelbeauchamp]

Hi I also wanted to thank captivereef & NikkiPatrick for their helpful insights into this topic.

There's a lot of confusion about the duplicate content issue and the more accurate advice we can get, the better.

Thanks guys.

Michael

[strauss]

Multiple url's but pointing to the same content is waste and google will penalise it easily...

[askloz]

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Originally Posted by David

Hey CaptiveReef:

What is a "low hanging keyword"???

[Hendry Lee]

I think he mixed up between low hanging fruit and long tail keywords. But that's I guess what he meant.

[easy does it]

Hi,

If the content is duplicated on your own site, Google doesn't like that, and may penalize you.

Google tries to give the browsing person quality relevant content, and if you try to inflate your site by having the same content in different parts of your site Google will rightly think that you are trying to fool it. If Google showed such a site to the browsing person, that person might not use Google again. If you were Google, I know what you'd do.

On the other hand if you, for example, have an article on your site, and the exact same article on Ezinearticles, Google does not in my view penalize you at all. What Google will do is show the site with the highest page rank. That may mean that the duplicate article on your site will not be shown at all. That in my view is not a penalty. Your content still got shown, though it was on Ezinearticles, and if you had a good resource box and link - you're all right.

Look at it another way. If your content was on your site only, and if it was relevant to a searched for term and there were few competing sites for that term (or if your page rank was high) your content would possibly be shown. By duplicating your content to Ezineartilces (one of many places) you dramatically increase the possibility of your content and link been seen.

And... you still got it on your site as well, and Google knows that, and it helps your page rank.

About duplicating your content to lots of places. There is, in my view, an advantage in that readers browsing those places specifically will come across your content. And the back links to your site cannot hurt either for sales and authority.

Something else you could do. Change the article on your site sufficiently that it is not duplicate content. Easy to do. You've already written it right.

Good luck.

Tom

[magnum3]

i guess so.. i think it can be considered spamming..