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Co-incidence or what?

by sierracharlie
3 replies
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I have two websites

a) one hosting my website - which ranks #1 position for chosen key phrase.
b) second one hosting my blog

I decided to create a new e-book for my website.

70 per cent of the E-book content is on the blog.

The E-book was then posted to my main website.

That was one week ago.

Now competitors website has taken #1 position. Is this a pure co-incidence or because of
a duplicate content issue?
#coincidence
  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Rodburg
    It may be coincidence... if it is a duplicate content issue, have you filed a formal complaint?
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  • Profile picture of the author sierracharlie
    I own BOTH the websites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dr Bison
    If both pages have the same content (i.e. content of the book), then YES, Google will issue duplicate content penalty, and cut your ratings.

    There are 2 practical solutions:
    1. remove the content of the book from one page and leave the link to the other page;
    2. leave the content but add the canonical-tag inside <head> of one of the pages. Page without this tag will be displayed in search results.

    More about canonical-tag: https://support.google.com/webmaster...r/139066?hl=en
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