Duplicate Content 2
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Let me toss a couple of my websites into the ring.
Raw meat to chew on and to rip my conclusions....
I have a website at Lawzilla where I have a lengthy discussion about California non-compete agreements. ( California Non-Compete Agreements by Attorney Brian Kindsvater )
At one point I created a very similar but shorter article at my law office website kindsvater.com ( Non-Competition Agreements )
Almost immediately for searches such as -- california non-compete agreements -- Lawzilla was knocked off the 1st page of Google and replaced by the law office.
I then took steps to neuter the law office page article so that the Lawzilla would again appear, which I've been successful at.
Of course, that now makes it imperfect example since the articles are still similar, but not the same.
My experience though, told me that Google saw the two articles as being duplicative and while both were indexed in the Google database, Google only sought fit to display one or the other on the first page of its search listings.
To me, that suggests a penalty of duplicate content.
Potentially, the fact that the websites link to and from each other may be a factor.
Interestingly, the more specific my searches, such as using quotes, or very, very long phrases, the more likely it was for the "duplicate" articles to both appear. But I think that is because the universe of potential articles is reduced as the search becomes more specific, and then Google is more likely forced to display duplicate content in its search results.
So contrary to the now 340+ long thread trying to persuade me that duplicate content is a myth, I believe it is real.
Here are some raw meat searches:
california non compete law - Google Search
- lawzilla article appears but not the law office
California non-compete law - Google Search
- lawzilla article appears but not the law office, despite the search being based on an exact keyword phrase taken the from the law office article's 1st sentence
Diodes, Inc. v. Franzen (1968) 260 Cal.App.2d 244 - Google Search
- law office article appears, lawzilla article does not, andersenalumni.net page which is a copy of the lawzilla article does appear - EZA article appears but is getting its butt kicked.
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