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Copyright on archived content

by LRadley
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Hi Warriors!

A couple of years ago I spent ages setting up a niche website in hopes of earning affiliate commissions.

Unfortunately - as I later found out! - the domain name I bought was an old expired domain, with some kind of penalty on it, so it never took off...

But I've been wondering lately what the implications of starting again would be, if I was to get a clean, new domain and put the articles back on that?

What I'm curious about specifically:
  1. do those articles still belong to me,
  2. would they count as duplicate content bearing in mind they were once on a different website,
  3. do these penalties carry over to content as well?
I would go about setting a site up very differently now, and I thought it's worth a shot!


With thanks,
LR
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  • Profile picture of the author superowid
    If it may help you, here's what I think you can do:

    1. Delete all content on your old website.
    2. Put another content and let the site lives (maybe for one year).
    3. Use the old content after spinning each of it into your new site.
    4. Use the old content as is in youtube or blogger and see how it goes.
    5. If the step #4 gives you a good sign, then I think you can use it as is in your new site.

    Just my opinion. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sid Hale
    Originally Posted by LRadley View Post

    What I'm curious about specifically:
    1. do those articles still belong to me,
    2. would they count as duplicate content bearing in mind they were once on a different website,
    3. do these penalties carry over to content as well?
    I would go about setting a site up very differently now, and I thought it's worth a shot!
    1. Yes. Assuming you are the original author, you still own the copyright to those articles.
    2. No. "Duplicate content" penalties only come into play when content is duplicated on the SAME site.
    3. No.

    At Google, there is a process whereby you can get the penalties removed if the reasons for the penalties have been eliminated. However, that can often be a very tedious process.

    Your plan for republishing on a new domain is more often the most expeditious method of getting the content seen, and (more importantly) making money.

    As you re-create the articles on your new site, be sure they are added to a sitemap on the new site, and make sure that you have notified Google (via Webmaster Tools) that the sitemap exists.

    Assuming you still have the old domain, you should have each article point to the new replacement article on the new domain using a 301 redirect for each article post.

    Once those are in place, you can prompt Google to re-crawl the old site by submitting a sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools (for the old domain), or by testing an existing sitemap on the site to insure that it finds the redirects.
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    • Profile picture of the author LRadley
      Many thanks both superowid and Sid Hale for your replies.

      Sid, I no longer own the old domain, and having checked on namecheap it does belong to someone (though it's not live)!

      What do I do in this case? Can I just re-create a new site with the old content?

      Thanks again
      LR
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      • Profile picture of the author Steve B
        Originally Posted by LRadley View Post

        What do I do in this case? Can I just re-create a new site with the old content?
        Do as Sid has explained, just don't worry about doing the re-direct of the old site content.

        If it were me, I would change the old content slightly so that Google and others (if they are interested) can see that you are updating your previous posts as they are added to the new site. Don't spin the posts. Whenever you do that you run the risks of making them sound non-human, if that makes sense.

        I would re-read each post or article, update any links or names or methods that are out-dated, maybe change the title or content slightly (not a requirement) so that folks can see your are "updating."

        If your content is unique and you are the author/copyright holder, you should have not trouble with duplicate content.

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  • Profile picture of the author LRadley
    That's reassuring info Steve - thank you!

    I would re-write them definitely, thank god my writing skills have improved since then! Not a fan of spinning or any such wizardry...
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