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Duplicate content doesn't exsist?

by pinaar
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I have read many times here that duplicate content is a myth and article directories are there for the sole purpose of distributing content. All this makes sense to me as there is just no way every piece of content out there can be original, of course more than one directory is going to carry the same content at some point. I've also heard people say that they publish content to their site and then post the exact same content to Ezine.

That said why is it that both Ezine and Street have rejected my articles giving the reason as duplicate content especially between the two, if Ezine pick it up on Street or vice versa they reject the article out of hand for duplicate. They can't really expect people to put content on their sites and their sites only what difference does it make if they are the first, fifth or fiftieth to put the content up?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by pinaar View Post

    I have read many times here that duplicate content is a myth
    Not correct, I'm afraid: duplicate content does exist, but the term "duplicate content" refers to multiple copies of the same text within one domain. Some people confuse this with "syndicated content", which refers to other copies of the same text on other sites. This little article explains the difference very clearly: Article Marketers - Lay the Duplicate Content Myth To Rest Once and For All | Internet Marketing and Publishing

    Originally Posted by pinaar View Post

    and article directories are there for the sole purpose of distributing content.
    To the best of my knowledge, nobody can dispute this one. This little thread (see especially posts #2 and #6) summarises how article directories work: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ries-work.html

    Originally Posted by pinaar View Post

    I've also heard people say that they publish content to their site and then post the exact same content to Ezine.
    Yes, indeed: everyone using any form of article marketing at all ought to do that, rather than the converse. All 1,600+ of my articles in EZA were originally published and indexed on one of my own sites, then syndicated to various other places, and then eventually submitted unchanged to EZA. In this long thread, many of the forum's successful, professional, experienced article marketers explain in detail all their shared reasons for doing that: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...eza-first.html

    Originally Posted by pinaar View Post

    That said why is it that both Ezine and Street have rejected my articles giving the reason as duplicate content especially between the two, if Ezine pick it up on Street or vice versa they reject the article out of hand for duplicate.
    Regarding "Street Articles": it's not an article directory. They won't accept a previously published article (wherever it's been published online).

    Regarding EZA: "duplicate content", to them, just as to the rest of us, including Google, and as explained above, means "text duplicated within one site". EZA don't want material duplicated within their own site, just as you or I wouldn't want that within your site or mine. I can't guarantee this without seeing some of your articles, obviously, but I suspect that what you've submitted to them is too similar to something already in their database, and that's why they won't accept it. They certainly don't care where else it's been published before (as long as author name/pen-name is the same, obviously, otherwise they'll imagine it might be stolen content, which they rightly won't touch).

    Does that help?
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberSEO
    Duplicated content is not a myth. You have to spin it wisely, to avoid Panda hammer.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by CyberSEO View Post

      Duplicated content is not a myth. You have to spin it wisely, to avoid Panda hammer.
      This is completely wrong. :rolleyes:

      Google's ongoing Panda updates have absolutely nothing to do with "duplicate content" at all, and they have no adverse implications for article marketers which can be avoided by "spinning" your articles.

      http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...necessary.html

      http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-articles.html
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      • Profile picture of the author packerfan
        Alexa, your patience amazes me. By BP rises by 100 points each time I see one of these threads. And every time you politely straighten everyone out.

        Kuddos to you!
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      • Profile picture of the author nm5419
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        Google's ongoing Panda updates have absolutely nothing to do with "duplicate content" at all
        Actually, they do:

        "The recent "Panda" change tackles the difficult task of algorithmically assessing website quality."

        "These are the kinds of questions we ask ourselves as we write algorithms that attempt to assess site quality."

        "Does the site have duplicate, overlapping, or redundant articles on the same or similar topics with slightly different keyword variations?"

        There's more... Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: More guidance on building high-quality sites
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      • Profile picture of the author payment proof
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        Google's ongoing Panda updates have absolutely nothing to do with "duplicate content" at all, and they have no adverse implications for article marketers
        Hmmm. Article sites like Associated Content took a huge hit from Panda. At least that's what I've read and I've also seen many posts by other Article Writers saying the same.
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  • Profile picture of the author essex14
    Seomoz put out a good article about this today....Duplicate Content in a Post-Panda World | SEOmoz
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    • Profile picture of the author nm5419
      Originally Posted by essex14 View Post

      Seomoz put out a good article about this today....Duplicate Content in a Post-Panda World | SEOmoz
      That's a terrific link, which should help clear up tons of confusion... in particular, section (17) regarding Syndicated Content. I see a lot of article marketers here who still defend this channel as a viable promotion strategy. Guess they'll have to learn the hard way.
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  • Profile picture of the author Talen
    Alexa, some people will never get it and most of the replies in this thread are proof of that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Doiron
    The interesting thing here is interpretation of the written word.

    The article - Duplicate Content in a Post-Panda World | SEOmoz - has been offered as evidence that we should all be scared of duplicate content, when, in fact, it supports Alexa's position.

    It's a long article so maybe we can understand how some people might get mixed up with it.

    Thanks Alexa for once again clearing this issue up.
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    • Profile picture of the author down
      Alexa, you provide great explanation and source. Thanks for that.
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