Duplicate Content - Fact, Fiction or In Between
I am now of the firm belief that duplicate content is not as big a deal as we all were led to believe. My thinking is that it matters on your own site, but you can have dozens of the same exact article or post on sites across the web and it won't hurt your SEO or page rank.
So, here's my question:
What if you have duplicate content on your own server? For example, I have about 10-12 sites all relating to one niche - each focusing on a slightly different angle to that niche. Much of the content is identical (all original to me) on each site. In this particular case, I use a virtual dedicated server to host these sites, although I doubt that makes a difference to the question at hand.
So, if dup content is a myth across many sites, is it the domain name or the IP address that is important (or both)?
Any thoughts?
Michigan SEO Expert