The Duplicate Content Penalty Myth

... been a lack of consistency when it comes to SEO terms and definitions. One of the most prevalent misnomers being bandied about is the phrase "duplicate content penalty." I'm here to tell you that there is no such thing as a search engine penalty for duplicate content. At least not the way ...
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Mar. 15, 2007 at 10:00am Eastern by Jill Whalen

Google Offers Duplicate Content Tips Roundup

Struggling with duplicate content woes? Google's done a blog post today to try and provide further advice and guidance. Among the highlights: Including a preferred URL in sitemaps submitted to Google can increase the chances that the URL you want is used, in cases where content can be found within ...

Jun. 9, 2008 at 2:59pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

What You Can Learn From Google's "Site" Operator

... lot you can learn from the results that are displayed. You can learn: Approximately how many URLs (not pages) from your site are indexed If you have duplicate content issues What your title tags look like When you run a query using the "site:" operator, in the top-right of the search results ...
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May. 22, 2008 at 7:52am Eastern by Jill Whalen

Search Illustrated: How A Search Engine Determines Duplicate Content

With so much good content on the web, it's inevitable that the same information will be displayed many times over. Whether it's a blog post pointing to good statistics, an RSS feed pulled into a complementary site, or blatantly copied material, duplicate content can be an issue. This week's infographic ...
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May. 13, 2008 at 8:00am Eastern by Elliance

Understanding Search Engines Duplicate Content Issues

I admit it. I am a search engine geek. Because I have a passion for understanding search usability, one of my particular interests is duplicate content filtering. If you want to really irritate searchers, present the same content to them in all or most of the top 10 positions in search results. In ...
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Jul. 19, 2007 at 12:06pm Eastern by Shari Thurow

SEO "Don'ts": 20 Fatal Mistakes You Must Avoid To Succeed

... will be using. If your SEO company uses high-risk tactics and your site gets caught, you'll be the one paying the price. 5. Don't spread your content over several domains. There are times when sub-domains or an additional domain might make sense, but those occasions should be dominated by user and content ...
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Jun. 21, 2007 at 3:03pm Eastern by Matt McGee

The Most Powerful SEO Tactic: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify

... your competitor can still catch up with you and pass you. 4. Why search engines have canonical issues: It is entirely possible to serve up different content at http://yourdomain.com and http://www.yourdomain.com, and it's possible for that content to be controlled by different people. As a result, search ...

May. 8, 2008 at 8:06am Eastern by Eric Enge

Google's Tips On Duplicate Content Worries

Over the past year, I've heard more and more worries about duplicate content issues. It's a serious concern site owners have, though sometimes I fear the worry is out-of-proportion to the reality of people actually getting hit by duplicate content penalties. Others may disagree. If you are worried ...

Dec. 18, 2006 at 5:58pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Video With Google On Duplicate Content, PageRank, Sitemaps & More

... interviewer, Rand Fishkin of SEOMoz.org and Google's Vanessa Fox from the Webmaster Central team. Rand does an excellent job asking Vanessa about duplicate content, PageRank, Sitemaps and even discusses DaveN. This 17 minute video is well worth a listen to.
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Dec. 7, 2006 at 9:17am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 25, 2008

... How To Grow Your Online Business 4X Overnight, PatrickGavin.com More on SEO Pricing and Costs, Marketmou New Google Process for Detecting Near Duplicate Content, SEO By The Sea Newbie Guide to SEO - Where Do I Start?, eVisibility.com Google Reconsideration Request Language Modified Again, Smackdown ...
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Feb. 25, 2008 at 3:59pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz