Google Sucks: Proof That They Favor Corporations Over The Little Guy
Their website is famously quoted for saying, "Do no evil", yet it seems that they don't always practice what they preach...
So here is the deal. Google has this thing that is called the Duplicate Content Penalty. Google apparently uses it to diminish some websites in their search results...
You know they do, because people talk about here all the time.
Yes Dennis Gaskill, I am in one of those moods.
In essence, Google says that if you have two URLs on the same site with basically the same content, then they will filter out the second URL from their search results, so that they will not show the duplicate pages on your site.
Of course, others say that the Duplicate Content Filter is more diabolical than even that.
These folks are quick to explain that the Duplicate Content Penalty is used against those of us who syndicate content online.
Those of us who write articles for syndication and send them to other websites in an effort to find a larger audience for our articles are the ones that seem to be hurt most by the Duplicate Content Penalty.
I am really straight forward about why I syndicate my articles. I do it to get my finely-crafted content in front of larger audiences of people -- people who are more likely to buy what I am selling.
If I can get published on a website with a lot of traffic, then I can potentially get a lot of people to read my article then look at my signature or author's resource box. When done well, people will click the link in my signature, visit the sites I am promoting, and buy what I am selling.
But here comes Google with their silly Duplicate Content Penalty... OMG!!!
According to those "people in the know", Google is penalizing my articles and my website for finding those larger audiences.
Yet, while it appears to be wrong for you and I to engage in that behavior, it seems perfectly suitable for the major media companies to do that without penalty.
Example:
The following news story (Economy facing headwinds, but Bernanke hopeful | Reuters) was syndicated by Reuters this week.
A search for a specific phrase within the article yields 134 search results in Google: "headwinds for an economy that Federal Reserve Chairman" - Google
A short list of news sites that have carried this particular news story includes:
* NPR
* Yahoo
* Comcast
* News Daily
* Business Spectator - Australia
* Google News
* and many others
What do these companies have in common that we do not? A huge marketing budget, a corporate parent, and the ability to get Google's respect.
You can play this game with Google any time you want by checking a phrase within a news story as found at Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News | Reuters.com that Reuters is syndicating to other news agencies.
It comes down to this:
Either Google is playing favorites and letting the major media companies do what they will not let the little guys do, OR more likely, the Duplicate Content Penalty by Google is one of the biggest loads of horse manure to every get traction in the psyche of online publishers.
As most of my regular followers know, I tend to be in the second group.
If you have an opinion on this subject, join the fun and please speak up...
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