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Duplicate content on the same site.

by JKinakin
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I'm not convinced that duplicate content is "all that evil",
but I know that the some content is frowned upon by G
if it's on the same site.

Then how is it that if I have a snippet of a post on my
main/front page that says "read more" and that leads to a
page where the whole post can be read.
Then that post gets archived. All on the same site.

That's 3 instances of the same content on the same site.
Plus everytime I post something, that same content shows
up 3 times on the site over and over again.

Am I missing something here about how bad it is for indexing
and Googles approval?

Jack
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  • Profile picture of the author orvn
    You bring up a good question Jack, but I think this thread would get more attention in the SEO forum..

    I don't think that Google penalizes you for this specific type of duplicate content because it is usually very minimal and only occurs in a few places. I.e.- this is the only exception for duplicate content.

    Many websites have content on the index page that appears elsewhere. Businesses might have 'read more' links directing to their about and services pages, as you pointed out.

    Similarly, a news website, like say the New York Times gives a short snippet preview of each of their new articles on their landing page. Technically, this is duplicate content also.

    When you think about it, MOST sites do this. Especially sites that have landing pages which are frequently updated.

    To answer your question:
    I believe Google ignores duplicate content when it's a minor duplication of some content from the landing page of the same site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Karen Blundell
    Originally Posted by JKinakin View Post

    I'm not convinced that duplicate content is "all that evil",
    but I know that the some content is frowned upon by G
    if it's on the same site.

    Then how is it that if I have a snippet of a post on my
    main/front page that says "read more" and that leads to a
    page where the whole post can be read.
    Then that post gets archived. All on the same site.

    That's 3 instances of the same content on the same site.
    Plus everytime I post something, that same content shows
    up 3 times on the site over and over again.

    Am I missing something here about how bad it is for indexing
    and Googles approval?

    Jack
    if that's the case then all WordPress blogs would be banned by Google.

    Please accept this advice from someone who has been pumping out websites since 1997, and who runs multiple WordPress blogs, my own and my clients':

    Really, stop worrying about it and just focus on providing quality content and a site that people want to return to visit. Focus on building trust and value. Period.

    The duplicate content that naturally occurs in WordPress blogs is not ever going to be penalized by Google or any other search engine...ever, ever.
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  • Profile picture of the author Abledragon
    I absolutely agree with Karen - and if you read the Google Webmaster Guidelines you'll see they say exactly the same thing.

    Cheers,

    Martin.
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  • Profile picture of the author dwatkins
    In the early days, people would publish the same article on multiple pages of the site, just changing the keyword on each page. This is the origin of the duplicate content penalty, I believe. When you publish a snippet of an article as a lead in, you have a paragraph or less of duplicate content, mixed in with snippets from other articles. The whole page is not one duplicate, and Google recognizes it for what it is and values it as a landing page or category page depending on how you have it configured.
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