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More duplicate content questions

by DavidO
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I know it must get tiring for some of you guys but I hope you can shed some more light on this always-confusing topic...

I understand now that duplicate content on the same website is not nor ever was penalized.

The situation with multiple sites, however, is not as clear. The way I seem to understand it now is that the first place the content gets indexed will get the "credit" for the content, whatever that credit may be.

So does this mean that my practice of publishing an original article on my site and EZA at the same time is backwards because EZA will no doubt get spidered first?

Of course I get the backlinks from EZA but I would get them regardless of the order in which I publish it, wouldn't I?

I'd really appreciate any enlightenment on this!
#content #duplicate #questions
  • Profile picture of the author SuzanneH
    The way I seem to understand it now is that the first place the content gets indexed will get the "credit" for the content...
    It's been my experience that this is not necessarily true. I've put up PLR content that wasn't rewritten, that was already indexed by Google as being on other sites, and have seen my site take over the top spot and push the others to the supplemental index.

    It seems to me, and I could be wrong, that the more authority a site has then that site will take precedence. (I'm using authority as a general term; maybe it's PR, maybe it's number of pages on site, who knows...)

    YMMV! :-)

    Suzanne
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