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Dumb question. Does Google see Press Releases as duplicate?

by Scott Ames
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Duplicate article content is one thing, but duplicate press releases, well you expect that if lots of place carry the story. Will Google see the difference and not ding you for having your link all over the place with duplicate press releases? I'm sure I could research this, but it just crossed my mind and I'm lazy.
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  • Profile picture of the author ptone
    The latest discussions around here are generally agreeing that duplicate content only hurts you if you have duplicate content on your own site...in other words, the same article, blog post, press release, etc. posted on your site more than one time.

    Seems to make sense...do you know how many different news sites run the same AP reports? I don't believe they are being penalized for this.
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    • Profile picture of the author dageniusmarketer
      I heard someone say that duplicate content is way overrated and that its exaggerated how much penalizing you will actually incur doing it. A guy that writes plr articles for sale monthly said this. I dont know how true or untrue this is...could anyone elaborate further?
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  • Profile picture of the author Aaron Moser
    Originally Posted by Scott Ames View Post

    Duplicate article content is one thing, but duplicate press releases, well you expect that if lots of place carry the story. Will Google see the difference and not ding you for having your link all over the place with duplicate press releases? I'm sure I could research this, but it just crossed my mind and I'm lazy.
    Nothing to worry about.. Syndicated content is all over! Look at all the RSS feeds and articles that show up on multiple sites. It only hurts if your site is made up of entirely duplicate content.
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