Duplicate Content Penalty?

OpenMindsEnt · 11-12-2008, 08:01 AM

Hi:

I recently submitted an article to ezinearticles and it got to #4 on Google for my main keyword a couple days after being accepted.

I submitted the article to about 6-7 other article directories, and in the Bio box of each I linked back to the Ezinearticle (a strategy a fellow warrior suggested) in order to achieve better rankings for just the Ezinearticle.

Today when I ran a search for my keyword, my ezine article had been removed from not only the first page, but is nowhere to be found at all (unless I Google the query in quotes).

Did my article most likely receive some kind of duplicate content penalty? Is it unacceptable to post the same article in different directories? (I had heard that it was, but now am unsure)

Thanks!

Tim

kentuckyslone · 11-12-2008, 08:16 AM

Hello Tim, I also read the thread that you referred to.

The whole question about submitting to 1 or many is often talked about and it seems that no one can really agree as to whether it is harmful or beneficial to submit to multiple directories.

The core of such discussions is about duplicate content - but remember, you are submitting your article to EA and their purpose is to provide articles for other webmasters to use. So, if your article is well written and other publishers pick it up the end result will be similar to you having submitted to multiple directories. In other words, if you write good articles for the directories duplication of the content is inevitable.

I do think it would be best to wait a week or two after your original publication to allow time for it to be indexed.

kevin campbelle · 11-12-2008, 08:21 AM

Hi Tim,

You might want to check out this link here.

There was also a discussion of this in the WF here.

Kevin.

Kay King · 11-12-2008, 08:45 AM

Use the search and look up past discussions about duplicate content here - it has been discussed in detail here many times. An article is (or should be) and original piece of work and there is no problem with the article appearing on several sites.

Owners of major article directories - and those who have submitted articles for years - will tell you dupe content is not an issue on an original article you have written....yet someone will always argue about it. (Of course, some of those arguing are selling article spinners

).

Dupe content might be the reason a PLR article is turned down by a directory but that's a different subject altogether - just uses the same word.

The duplicate content penalty never applied to articles but to the way some sites were built several years ago. It is not unusual for an article to move up and down in the SE's - search results are not static. New sites often do the same - getting indexed quickly and then disappearing for a few days or longer.

How many articles have you submitted? If you are tracking one or two articles, the results won't tell you much. Write and submit more articles.
What is important in article submission is the number of views your articles are getting and how effective your bio box is - that's what you should look at.

I usually add the article to my site first and then submit it to EZA and perhaps a couple more directories after it indexes on my site. That's what works best for me and others may do it differently. No harm in submitting the article to several directories - I don't mass submit my articles because it didn't seem to have a positive benefit. I just submit to the main directories.

kay

zerofill · 11-12-2008, 08:52 AM

Simple rule of thumb...
don't link content to the same content...
If your not doing that your fine...

OpenMindsEnt · 11-12-2008, 08:59 AM

Thanks everyone for the great info!!

Kentuckyslone: Very good point about ezinearticles inevitably submitting articles to other directories if other publishers are interested.

Thanks for those links, Kevin...they set my mind at ease!

Diego...yeah I did get a Similar pages link but my article didn't appear in the results.

Kay: Great post thanks for all the info...it really helped me out that you said, "It is not unusual for an article to move up and down in the SE's - search results are not static. New sites often do the same - getting indexed quickly and then disappearing for a few days or longer."

Thanks again all,

Tim

emha · 11-12-2008, 10:41 AM

I just wonder, what different place keyword on google with quote and not quote, why using quato to measure our keyword serp ranking? actualy ppl will write on google without quote right? so if our keyword get no1 with quote , is this still worth it?

11-12-2008, 08:01 AM	#1
OpenMindsEnt Active Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 65 Thanks: 24 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Contact Info	Duplicate Content Penalty? Hi: I recently submitted an article to ezinearticles and it got to #4 on Google for my main keyword a couple days after being accepted. I submitted the article to about 6-7 other article directories, and in the Bio box of each I linked back to the Ezinearticle (a strategy a fellow warrior suggested) in order to achieve better rankings for just the Ezinearticle. Today when I ran a search for my keyword, my ezine article had been removed from not only the first page, but is nowhere to be found at all (unless I Google the query in quotes). Did my article most likely receive some kind of duplicate content penalty? Is it unacceptable to post the same article in different directories? (I had heard that it was, but now am unsure) Thanks! Tim

11-12-2008, 08:16 AM	#2
kentuckyslone Old Grampa Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 16 Thanks: 4 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Duplicate Content Penalty? Hello Tim, I also read the thread that you referred to. The whole question about submitting to 1 or many is often talked about and it seems that no one can really agree as to whether it is harmful or beneficial to submit to multiple directories. The core of such discussions is about duplicate content - but remember, you are submitting your article to EA and their purpose is to provide articles for other webmasters to use. So, if your article is well written and other publishers pick it up the end result will be similar to you having submitted to multiple directories. In other words, if you write good articles for the directories duplication of the content is inevitable. I do think it would be best to wait a week or two after your original publication to allow time for it to be indexed.
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kevin campbelle HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: T&T Posts: 355 Thanks: 477 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Duplicate Content Penalty? Hi Tim, You might want to check out this link here. There was also a discussion of this in the WF here. Kevin.

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11-12-2008, 08:59 AM	#6
OpenMindsEnt Active Warrior Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 65 Thanks: 24 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Contact Info	Re: Duplicate Content Penalty? Thanks everyone for the great info!! Kentuckyslone: Very good point about ezinearticles inevitably submitting articles to other directories if other publishers are interested. Thanks for those links, Kevin...they set my mind at ease! Diego...yeah I did get a Similar pages link but my article didn't appear in the results. Kay: Great post thanks for all the info...it really helped me out that you said, "It is not unusual for an article to move up and down in the SE's - search results are not static. New sites often do the same - getting indexed quickly and then disappearing for a few days or longer." Thanks again all, Tim

11-12-2008, 08:45 AM	#4
Kay King Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gulf Coast, USA. Posts: 15,142 Thanks: 3,705 Thanked 4,139 Times in 2,256 Posts	Re: Duplicate Content Penalty? Use the search and look up past discussions about duplicate content here - it has been discussed in detail here many times. An article is (or should be) and original piece of work and there is no problem with the article appearing on several sites. Owners of major article directories - and those who have submitted articles for years - will tell you dupe content is not an issue on an original article you have written....yet someone will always argue about it. (Of course, some of those arguing are selling article spinners). Dupe content might be the reason a PLR article is turned down by a directory but that's a different subject altogether - just uses the same word. The duplicate content penalty never applied to articles but to the way some sites were built several years ago. It is not unusual for an article to move up and down in the SE's - search results are not static. New sites often do the same - getting indexed quickly and then disappearing for a few days or longer. How many articles have you submitted? If you are tracking one or two articles, the results won't tell you much. Write and submit more articles. What is important in article submission is the number of views your articles are getting and how effective your bio box is - that's what you should look at. I usually add the article to my site first and then submit it to EZA and perhaps a couple more directories after it indexes on my site. That's what works best for me and others may do it differently. No harm in submitting the article to several directories - I don't mass submit my articles because it didn't seem to have a positive benefit. I just submit to the main directories. kay

11-12-2008, 10:41 AM	#7
emha Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 65 Thanks: 8 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Duplicate Content Penalty? I just wonder, what different place keyword on google with quote and not quote, why using quato to measure our keyword serp ranking? actualy ppl will write on google without quote right? so if our keyword get no1 with quote , is this still worth it?