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Warning: Facebook Buttons May Be Hazardous to Your Site's Health

by Marvin Johnston
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Apparently there is a bug in the Facebook Like button code that can cause website problems.

The problems are apparently 1) too many page visits shown, and 2) creation of duplicate content on all search engines that find the link.

It is not a problem for me, so I'm not going to research further.

This article posted on AuctionBytes goes into a bit more detail about the problem:

"If there's one thing that makes online sellers and marketplaces happy, it's an increase in traffic on their website - unless it's caused by a bug that has the potential to harm the website's ranking in Google."

Warning: Facebook Buttons May Be Hazardous to Your Site's Health

Marvin
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  • Profile picture of the author desmond11
    Thanks for the heads up Marvin.

    Will definitely have a look at this.
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  • Profile picture of the author infear_takao87
    Thank you Marvin. It is a good sharing...
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    Believe Me...It Really WORKS! You Will Love It!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author J Bold
    *sigh*

    From the article linked to:

    "Because Google penalizes websites with duplicate content in search results, this was cause for major concern."

    Um, nope.

    Fail.
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    • Profile picture of the author Marvin Johnston
      Originally Posted by redicelander View Post

      *sigh*

      From the article linked to:

      "Because Google penalizes websites with duplicate content in search results, this was cause for major concern."

      Um, nope.

      Fail.
      You are the first one I've heard say/imply that duplicate content on the same website is okay (hope I'm getting your meaning okay.) Are you sure you aren't confusing duplicate content on the same website with duplicate content on other websites?

      Marvin
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      • Profile picture of the author J Bold
        Originally Posted by Marvin Johnston View Post

        You are the first one I've heard say/imply that duplicate content on the same website is okay (hope I'm getting your meaning okay.) Are you sure you aren't confusing duplicate content on the same website with duplicate content on other websites?

        Marvin
        Oops yes I was.

        However, the article also said the site in question had reported no drop in search results, so...

        It may not be an issue and may be an issue. But one quote in the article they were theorizing Google wouldn't crawl these duplicate pages and wouldn't be an issue.

        Anyway...
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  • Profile picture of the author Jay Moreno
    You need to pay attention to feeds too particular twitter - you should cache your comments...

    I have noticed performance issues if the site is trying pull in say for example live stats for example number of likes or recent comments if the service isnt available it can cause your site to be constantly loading depending how it's been coded

    I've also noticed this issue with link share too

    HTH

    Jay
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