Using A Very Popular Template = Dup Content?

coreytucker · 11-08-2008, 04:38 PM

Im just curious, say theres a really popular template that internet marketers are using, im talking thousands of marketers here. Can the search engines see this as duplicate content or can it hurt your sites rankings in any way? I have always wondered about this.....

Norma Holt · 11-08-2008, 04:41 PM

Its not the template but the content that SE's worry about. If it were there would hardly any sites surviving.

coreytucker · 11-08-2008, 04:45 PM

well yea I know that, but im wondering if it has any effect at all. If people use a very popular template do they sites eventually lose power to a unique template? I know it sounds like a crazy question but im still curious if it has any effect at all.

Sometimes im a bit weary of getting a very popular template...

Ouroboros · 11-08-2008, 08:43 PM

Corey,

You know more about this than I, but since WP Themes are simply CSS and php, there's very little for the Spiders to see until you populate the blog with Posts, Pages, Images, etc. It would seem that each one would be somewhat unique.

Using nofollow tags in your robot instructions you can screen out most of the "technical" pages of the theme, such as the CSS and the includes, and probably the Header and Footer and such. I think All-In-One-SEO nofollows a lot of these pages.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong , but I don't think the number of times a theme has been used matters much, except for the backlinks that the creator is getting.

Steve

Ryan Even · 11-08-2008, 08:54 PM

Unless the template is populated with content or a lot of text that is the same on all of the sites using it, you don't have to worry about it.

websitemoneynow · 11-08-2008, 10:05 PM

Would not matter the search engines are scanning your content within the templates.

coreytucker · 11-08-2008, 10:12 PM

hmm. thanks for the replies guys. I was always curious about this and knew 98% that it would not effect SEO at all. Thanks for the replies

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coreytucker Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 2,110 Thanks: 103 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	Using A Very Popular Template = Dup Content? Im just curious, say theres a really popular template that internet marketers are using, im talking thousands of marketers here. Can the search engines see this as duplicate content or can it hurt your sites rankings in any way? I have always wondered about this.....

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coreytucker Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 2,110 Thanks: 103 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Using A Very Popular Template = Dup Content? well yea I know that, but im wondering if it has any effect at all. If people use a very popular template do they sites eventually lose power to a unique template? I know it sounds like a crazy question but im still curious if it has any effect at all. Sometimes im a bit weary of getting a very popular template...

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Ouroboros Stephen Marsh War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mayberry,RFD,USA.(really!) Posts: 1,092 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 95 Thanked 181 Times in 100 Posts Contact Info	Re: Using A Very Popular Template = Dup Content? Corey, You know more about this than I, but since WP Themes are simply CSS and php, there's very little for the Spiders to see until you populate the blog with Posts, Pages, Images, etc. It would seem that each one would be somewhat unique. Using nofollow tags in your robot instructions you can screen out most of the "technical" pages of the theme, such as the CSS and the includes, and probably the Header and Footer and such. I think All-In-One-SEO nofollows a lot of these pages. Someone correct me if I'm wrong , but I don't think the number of times a theme has been used matters much, except for the backlinks that the creator is getting. Steve
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coreytucker Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: , , . Posts: 2,110 Thanks: 103 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Using A Very Popular Template = Dup Content? hmm. thanks for the replies guys. I was always curious about this and knew 98% that it would not effect SEO at all. Thanks for the replies