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Will Google punish me for duplicate content?

by vastcosmos
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Hi Folks:

I need help on this. I have hosting that allows many web sites. If I want to test URL's, can I have two sites with two different domain names (URL's) with identical content without being punished by Google in site ratings?

If so, which would Google send to the back of the bus, or would it be both.

I know no where else to ask this. Please.

Thanks

Jim
#content #duplicate #google #punish
  • Profile picture of the author jerytohn
    I believe there is an interview somewhere from a Google executive that says you will not be punished for duplicate content. But you don't get many benefits from using it, is all
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  • Profile picture of the author Steven Carl Kelly
    There's no "penalty" for "duplicate" content across multiple sites. The idea of such a penalty is purely a myth.
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    • Profile picture of the author BloggerDeen
      As Steven has said it is a lie. I mean if you see a lot of websites carry duplicate content even the most famous one. Of course one has to take care of license regarding using other content.

      As my personal experience says I can definitely say a big "NO". Although someone in desperate need of labeled as guru may say opposite of it.

      It don't do anything negative but it also don't do anything positive. In other words Google remains almost neutral towards it.
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  • Profile picture of the author dmadnani
    If you're testing that's entirely your choice and Google doesn't necessarily send either one to the "back of the bus".

    What the algorithm will do is, filter whichever page has more relative content pertaining to the search query and might hide the other one in "omitted results" since both of them have identical content.

    There is no "duplicate content" penalty.

    Although it's always more sensible to send links to one type of URL since that sends all the "votes" to one place. Resulting in more effective and worthwhile link building.
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  • Profile picture of the author vastcosmos
    Thanks.

    Jim
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  • Profile picture of the author stephen de vries
    I run 2 identical sites on different domains and ive never run into any trouble.
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  • Profile picture of the author N4PGW
    The duplicate penalty is for sites with duplicate pages all over it. If you have one site with five different names and links to each, then Google sees that one page as 5 pages so it penalizes sites. A good sitemap and certain no-follow links prevent the problem.

    As for parked sites, I have one site that I put descent content on. Then I parked another domain on it to get it out of the way, basically a place to hold it. I haven't changed the content in two years, but both domain names are PR-1 now. I also have a similar situation where I parked a dozen sites on one. The PRs are either PR-0 or n/a. Nothing has changed with PR in over 6 months.

    In the past I have seen many big commercial sites park three or four domain names on their one main site. Sometime it helps.

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