Duplicate Content "Rule"?

by Dave Mitch

Posted: 17 years ago 5 replies

Could someone please take a moment to explain what the "duplicate content rule" is? I'm confused. As a beginner article marketer I have heard about this from several different sources but no one has bothered to explain it. Is it.....

1. That I can't post the same article on a directory under a different category?
2. That if I post to 50 different article directories that all of the articles have to be different? Or changed by ?% ?
3. Who checks up on whether or not an article is the same or different?
4. Is there a penalty? And if so what is it and from whom?

I'm ready to start posting articles and I don't want the work I do to be slammed or slapped by someone or something and be banned or something like that. If you would please explain it to me as completely as possible so that I may avoid any mistakes with this, it would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Dave Mitchell

#content #duplicate #rule

HeySal 17 years ago

Dave,

I'm not sure what angle you are looking at this from but here's a rundown for you.

When you write an article to submit, many services run it through copyscape. Copyscape will reveal if the information is plagiarized or original. Of course, if info is plagiarized, it's not going to get accepted.

On a different level - there is the general rule that first source of the article gets the SE credit for the info. I'm not going to evaluate that one because I do things how I do them no matter what and SE often change their way of doing things - it could drive you nuts at some points to worry too much about it.

I place the article on my own site a day or two before submission to an article site - that way if the original source does get credit, I win. If it doesn't, I'm not hurting any by having the content anyway.
If copyscape is run against my submissions, having the article on my site accredited to myself isn't going to cause any problem with that one - never has, ever.

If your article can't pass copyscape, submission isn't your only worry as the original author might spot it and then you have copyright infringement problems to deal with.

So just write your own original content and use it for yourself first, then submit it freely to whichever services you choose and you can't lose.

Some people change the article a bit for each submission. I submit the same article to all of my submission sites and it's never mattered. As far as multiple categories, there are different rules for many sites - sometimes I submit to EA and they change it anyway if they feel it's better elsewhere so the ultimate control is theirs. Just check the rules for each site you use on that issue and make sure your keywords target all of the categories you feel are appropriate.
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InternetMarketingIQ 17 years ago

There is no rule. Google crawls pages. If they come across duplicate content they reward the site they think is the best. Unfortunately this is not always the originator of the content.
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JayXtreme 17 years ago

Hey thurr, Dave

You should read this thread.. from start to finish:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...eza-first.html

It's a long ol' thread.... but you will learn plenty. A few of us shared a lot in that thread

Peace

Jay
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TheRichJerksNet 17 years ago

Dave,
I agree with Jay read the thread he linked to and "IGNORE" anything anyone else tries to tell you about dup content...

James
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- Dave Mitch 17 years ago
  
  Hi Guys,
  
  Thanks so much for the imput. That's a big help. Sal your answer was right on point and helped to clarify as to whether I could post the same article to different sites without having to change anything or maybe just a little. The thread was very informative, thanks Jay and James. It backed up what Sal said and then some. I saved it to my favorites so that I could review it as I run across questions.
  
  Dave Mitchell
  
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