Duplicate vs Syndicated Content

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Could someone please explain how this is different?
#search engine optimization #content #duplicate #syndicated
  • I don't believe it's different. Syndicate articles are essentially taking articles that someone has already created, and redistributing them.

    Think of Re-Runs of your favorite TV shows. You can see old re runs on various networks (distribution channels), they are the same TV shows as the original.
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    • Duplicate content is copies of content on a single site under different file names. For example, most blog platforms are programmed to create duplicate content because the same post will appear in multiple sub-directories (category, date, tags, etc.). Eliminating the effects of all that duplicate content is one of the objectives of the various SEO plugins.

      Syndicated content is more like what is described above. Content, be it article, video or whatever is used on multiple sites with the express permission of the rights holder.
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  • I'm not sure there is a difference, other than the names. Both use content that's been published elsewhere.

    That said, I would say it's the two are the same.

    With PLR content, you can rewrite it (and should), but if the content being used is syndicated or used from another content type service, then you can't rewrite it or change it.


    Cindy
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    • PLR is syndicated content, right? If you have 50 exact PLR sites which all have exact syndicated content on them then how does Google treat those sites if nothing is changed?

      But if someone modifies the keywords in each page then how does that change things for that site?
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  • Wait a sec, so if I have one of my articles, that I wrote myself, published on the main page of my site & in a special category, I have duplicate content??
    All the posts in a blog go to the main blog. After they reach the bottom, they are in a category as well, but you can find them in both places. AM I doing something wrong here?
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      Not quite right, I'm afraid.

      Articles which have been syndicated (not "that can be syndicated") to other sites are examples (not a definition) of syndicated content.

      No; I'm afraid this is also wrong. "Duplicate content" is correctly defined above, in John McCabe's post (#4).

      I think you need to explain just a tiny bit more clearly before anyone can answer this confidently.

      Being "able to find them twice" doesn't make it "duplicate content". That makes it sound like one is a link to the other?

      I have loads of articles which are listed under various different categories and can be called up by readers in various different ways by clicking on various category-links, but the text of the articles isn't duplicated in different files. It would be "duplicate content" only if the same text appears within two separate files in the same site. (And even then it doesn't mean that there'd be a "penalty" for it anyway: that's a whole different matter again.)
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    • I don't think you are doing anything wrong.

      There used to be a time when the fact that different queries can bring up the same content (post) from the database and display it in different templates... was a real issue.
      Talking of a WP blog, your post could be:
      - on your main/front page
      - on the single post view
      - in the category archive list
      - in the monthly archive list
      (but you can create daily, weekly, yearly archives, too!)
      - tag archives

      Then according to the G. people, search engines got smarter and smarter and they are aware how a blogging script like WP works... so they won't punish you ONLY for this.

      Unfortunately, I don't bookmark all the Cutts interviews - although I remember reading (viewing?) it.
      Actually, even the official Google blog works in that way: showing the post once on the main page and
      once again on the single post view.

      All that said: it never hurts if you are using only the_excerpt on your multipost listings and have the full post displayed only in single-post view.

      And now the mandatory "on the other hand": I have an older blog showing full posts on the main page and in single post view as well, etc. Some posts for certain 2 keyword phrases are on the page #1 in SERP for years... because they are the best content on the topic :p
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  • syndicated are articles that can be re-distributed and duplicate is pretty much the opposite?
  • I thought that syndicate content was when you distribute YOUR OWN work to other site on the internet, having them under the same (your) name at each site. And duplicate content was when someone else takes your work and distribute it under their name or someone else's name. Am I wrong? Someone please correct me if I am.
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      Yes.

      Duplicate content is defined above in John McCabe's post (#4).

      Syndicated content can be syndicated by yourself and/or by others. "Who has done it" has nothing to do with whether or not it's been done.
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    • Yes you are wrong. That is plagiarism even though duplicate content issues also arise from the re-produced content since it has an original somewhere else.

      If however it was published with the original owner's name and links intact, no plagiarism would be involved, it would only be duplicate content. But note as explained in my next post, duplicate content across sites is not necessarily penalized by Google except in certain specified circumstances.
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  • Let me also add...I believe the "typical" spun content IS doop content, only the text strings are "unique" and have posted this opinion before.

    However, the OP's question is a simple one: "Duplicate vs Syndicated Content" and any discussion of spinning isn't relevant to the topic.

    Syndicated content is simply duplicate content posted on two or more different domains.
  • It is funny that a lot of my sites are not showing up in the search results.


    What tools can I use to see if my site has been sandboxed? If I could find definitive tools it would be great. Is there a way to find which page of google my site is appearing on without having to look through many pages manually?


    I know that the only reason that my sites could be sand boxed after 10 weeks of being backlinked nicely is because there are a number of other sites with the same content on other sites? Remember, this would be identical content on other sites on other sites that appears on the other 19 pages of each site and not on my home page since my home page is completely rewritten.


    Thanks to the people who have helped me so far on this thread,


    King Arthur


    Update: It looks like most of my sites could be sandboxed because they are less than 6 to 8 months old and it could go up to 2 years: http://www.ehow.com/how_4875384_tell...e-sandbox.html
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  • Duplicate content is more or less identical content found on the same or on different websites. Syndicated content is one way by which duplicate content can arise.

    The confusion arises because not all duplicate content is penalized by Google. Duplicate content on different sites is not penalized by Google unless in certain specified circumstances. On the other hand, most duplicate content on the same site is penalized by Google but here again there are some exceptions specified where it is not penalized.

    Note that "duplicate" is an english word and in the dictionary and has only one meaning which is more or less "mirror". It is not the coinnage of Google and so whenever there is more or less a "mirror" of another content, it is a "duplicate" of that content.

    This post explains this duplicate content issue in more details

    => Duplicate Content Controversy : Finally Laying It To Rest | Profitable Business Ideas
  • Sorry but i doubt your site will ever get reindexed.
    I keep wondering when the people with deindexed dup content sites are going to chime in. this is blowing my mind and the dust isnt settling in there!
    everything i thought about content is changing.

    i just hear so much about people being indexed...
  • For those who believe that spinning articles for article marketing is not necessary (just for backlinks, not for ranking the article) ...

    Is it ok to use PLR for this?
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