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Will I get penalized by Google for this?

by Irwin Dominguez
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Hey WF; a noob question: I have a few wordpress niche sites and with the main article on the homepage as a static page. I also have that same article as a post; I do this so the readers will be able to choose this article as a "recent post". Will I get penalized by Google for having duplicate content on my site and is there a better way to do this? Thanks a lot!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ross Cohen
    It certainly isn't a good idea to have the same post twice. Don't worry about it being under recent posts. Just keep it as the static page (or post, if you prefer).
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    yep I wouldnt have the same content repeated at all....

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  • Profile picture of the author richrowley
    Yeh dont have it twice on the same site - kinda hitting on duplicate content right there. Keep it as a static homepage but remove from posts.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    This is not a problem - there are ways to deal with this and Google know that it happens.

    They introduced the canonical tag for this ages ago. You can tell Google which content is the original.

    If you want to save yourself some time and hassle just get a wordpress plugin that lets you do this - something like yoast seo plugin.

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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    I thought that canonical URL is for when there is is more than one URL for the same post....
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    SEO advice: url canonicalization

    sooooo the OP has 2 articles one is a page and one is a post.... and so has 2 urls... great...

    But they are actually 2 different pages so its not just the URL that is different.... the pages are the same but different...

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    • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
      Originally Posted by Danny Cutts View Post

      SEO advice: url canonicalization

      sooooo the OP has 2 articles one is a page and one is a post.... and so has 2 urls... great...

      But they are actually 2 different pages so its not just the URL that is different.... the pages are the same but different...

      Danny
      Yes.

      I actually think this is a red herring anyway because I've never actually seen Google 'penalise' any site for this.

      Duplicate content doesn't make sense for your visitors so that's a good reason not to have it - for Google, they care about your visitors, so it's wise to keep that in mind for these things.

      However, most blog platforms get used to show the latest post on the front page, so some level of same content on more than one page is very common and normal.
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  • Profile picture of the author Cataclysm1987
    Originally Posted by irdizzle View Post

    Hey WF; a noob question: I have a few wordpress niche sites and with the main article on the homepage as a static page. I also have that same article as a post; I do this so the readers will be able to choose this article as a "recent post". Will I get penalized by Google for having duplicate content on my site and is there a better way to do this? Thanks a lot!
    I'd avoid it if you can, but I highly doubt you will get "penalized"....
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Cutts
    I didnt think it was about displaying the same post twice...lol

    But yeah I think both you and I are agreeing...lol :-)
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by Danny Cutts View Post

      I think both you and I are agreeing...lol :-)
      I think you're agreeing, and I think you're both right. Google's WebMaster Central Blog does, after all, contain the immortal line "Duplicate content doesn't cause your site to be penalized".
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  • Profile picture of the author Irwin Dominguez
    Thank you everyone for your help - I think I'll avoid posting duplicate content on my niche sites going forward.
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