Does Google Count Backlinks That Are Duplicate Content?

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Say I have 1 Press Release submitted and I submit that exact same release to 10 press release sites, will that count as 10 new backlinks?
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  • Yes, they are counted as 10 new backlinks.

    A backlink is a backlink, it's just the value that's different.

    -Shaun
  • No, You had better use 10 unique press releases to get 10 backlinks.
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    • I believe OP asked if these backlinks count as a backlink, in which case yes they are legitimate backlinks.

      Like I said, it's just the value of the backlink that is different.

      You don't necessarily need unique content too. Just think about all the world news that are aggregated all over the internet.

      -Shaun
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  • 2 opposite responses....helppppp
  • Yes I agree those all will be counted as individual backlinks.
  • Unique content backlinks will sure be counted each as 1.

    However, same content might not be index if no extra boosting. Google seems to implement some kind of filter to disregards duplicate content backlinks.

    Having said that, there are many situation where duplicated content links will be counted as valid individual link.
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    • I agree with Choon. Some of my articles that having the same content are not index by the Google while some of them do.

      Anyway, since you already created that press release, no harm submitting to all of the PR sites. Instead of guessing/arguing here, why not doing a mass submit?
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  • You may not face much problem regarding indexing as press releases are indexed in minutes. In short google does not like duplicate content. Your site will not get much link juice from duplicate content.
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    • Nonsense.

      Go search on press releases and discover the truth rather than repeating Cargo Cult SEO.
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  • Hi...

    They will count as 10 individual backlinks. No problem there. I use duplciate content all the time, and although they may not rank very high, they are still provding backlinks to my niche blogs.

    So you are fine.

    Man, kkchoon,

    I normally like your responses, but this is some major double-speak:

    KateD
  • Thanks Shaun Lee very useful info if you're correct.

    I better start submitting my EZA articles to GoArticles now
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    • Don't stop there. Submit them everywhere!
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  • Speaking of indexing, I have links I created in Feb and Mar that don't show up in the Yahoo site search even though I pinged them. Is this common?
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    • Yes, it's not uncommon that you don't see the full list of backlinks of any given webpage.

      All services do not show you the full list of backlinks.

      -Shaun
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    • It is even worse if you check with Google. They show hardly anything for one site I worked on even though it continuously ranked in the top 1-3 for some very competitive keywords.

      I do try to be sure my links are getting indexed, but am not anal about it. Just keep on plugging away with those backlinks...
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  • Thanks, Shaun.
  • I have no issues with duplicate content, and would say it matters even less with press releases. You would definitely have 10 backlinks that are getting you all the benefit you can get from them. The nature of a press release is that you expect it to be syndicated across the internet. Google will if anything say, "Hey this is getting a lot of play!" and your site will benefit.
  • Links placed within duplicate content will be devalued, but they will not negatively affect your site.
  • In my opinion, if they are indexed then each would have its own backlinks. However, the problem with duplicate content is that all of them will not be indexed and therefore their links are not counted.
  • LOL Im surprised with the amount of replies. I was kind of ashamed to post this thread I as I thought it was pretty noobish question and had a simple yes or no answer haha..
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