Comments on: Google Demystifies Duplicate Content – Kind a Sort a http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/ Making Money Online Blogging by Milking the Internet! Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:07:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Marble Host http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-28556 Marble Host Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:27:18 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-28556 Duplicate content is fine as long as it adds value to the current content. It should supplement the main topic in a diverse style. Duplicate content is fine as long as it adds value to the current content. It should supplement the main topic in a diverse style.

]]> By: charles http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25786 charles Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:36:56 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25786 I have found something like that too. If you are more authorative than the original then you can outrank it. <abbr><em>charless last blog post..<a href="http://resourcesandmoney.blogspot.com/2008/10/european-union-no-to-three-strikes.html" rel="nofollow">European Union no to "three strikes" internet ban</a></abbr></em> I have found something like that too. If you are more authorative than the original then you can outrank it.

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]]> By: Link Love - 10/4/08 | Write on the Edge http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25726 Link Love - 10/4/08 | Write on the Edge Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:28:46 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25726 [...] Google Demystifies Duplicate Content - Kind a Sorta A was posted by John Cow earlier this week as well. You’ll really need to head on over to Google’s blog to read the actual post Demystifying the “duplicate content penalty,” as written by the Google webmasters themselves. It’s a little techy for me, but you’ll get the main points within the first few paragraphs. Thanks, Google, for the clarification. [...] [...] Google Demystifies Duplicate Content – Kind a Sorta A was posted by John Cow earlier this week as well. You’ll really need to head on over to Google’s blog to read the actual post Demystifying the “duplicate content penalty,” as written by the Google webmasters themselves. It’s a little techy for me, but you’ll get the main points within the first few paragraphs. Thanks, Google, for the clarification. [...]

]]> By: kahthan http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25629 kahthan Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:08:21 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25629 wow thats interesting, what i find strange is that if there are five sites with the same content then they obviously rank them on authority (hence the amazon.com example), which is a problem if another site with higher authority duplicates your content then outranks you. <abbr><em>kahthans last blog post..<a href="http://www.kahthan.com/2008/10/02/using-misspellings-to-get-more-traffic/" rel="nofollow">Using Misspellings to Get More Traffic</a></abbr></em> wow thats interesting, what i find strange is that if there are five sites with the same content then they obviously rank them on authority (hence the amazon.com example), which is a problem if another site with higher authority duplicates your content then outranks you.

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]]> By: Normal Joe http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25627 Normal Joe Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:53:30 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25627 Aaaaaaaah yeah, I love it. Yo Cow, that was some goodness on the robots.txt file and your ppc pages, I'll have to keep that one in mind. <abbr><em>Normal Joes last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ImWithJoe/~3/408381838/blog-flipping-blueprint-is-here-and-i-have-a-bonus-for-you" rel="nofollow">Blog Flipping Blueprint Is Here And I Have A Bonus For You</a></abbr></em> Aaaaaaaah yeah, I love it. Yo Cow, that was some goodness on the robots.txt file and your ppc pages, I’ll have to keep that one in mind.

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]]> By: The Blog Academy [dot com] http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25626 The Blog Academy [dot com] Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:17:01 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25626 I'm approaching a section about writing content on my beginners blog and want to know whether how the big G determinds who's content came first and therefore who has duplicated the content. <abbr><em>The Blog Academy [dot com]s last blog post..<a href="http://www.theblogacademy.com/week-2-web-hosts-and-domains/lesson-8-check-out-these-recommended-web-hosts/" rel="nofollow">Lesson #8- Check Out These Recommended Web Hosts!</a></abbr></em> I’m approaching a section about writing content on my beginners blog and want to know whether how the big G determinds who’s content came first and therefore who has duplicated the content.

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]]> By: Freddie http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25625 Freddie Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:58:03 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25625 That is good to know. I don't have any duplicate content any where and don't really plan to have any. Thanks Cow. <abbr><em>Freddies last blog post..<a href="http://freddietaylor.com/?p=150" rel="nofollow">Monday’s Motivational Moment: Urgency</a></abbr></em> That is good to know. I don’t have any duplicate content any where and don’t really plan to have any.

Thanks Cow.

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]]> By: Tamar http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25624 Tamar Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:06:51 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25624 Thank you so much for your reply. So I actually need to set up a separate directory on my domain for the PPC squeeze pages as in my domain/PPC/squeeze page for keyword phrase etc. and then use that in my destination URLs? Do I actually put the sitemap link in the source code?(I don't have a site map. Well, it's basically a 1 page squeeze page site with the usual privacy and disclaimer pages.) Cheers, Tamar PS I'm not terribly techie :( Thank you so much for your reply.

So I actually need to set up a separate directory on my domain for the PPC squeeze pages as in my domain/PPC/squeeze page for keyword phrase etc. and then use that in my destination URLs?

Do I actually put the sitemap link in the source code?(I don’t have a site map. Well, it’s basically a 1 page squeeze page site with the usual privacy and disclaimer pages.)

Cheers,

Tamar

PS I’m not terribly techie :(

]]> By: The Golden Thread Review http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25621 The Golden Thread Review Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:58:37 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25621 Thanks for the post Cow. I have heard before that part of Google determining which duplicate gets listed is link authority, but I assume it could be other factors as well, such as the date of indexing, age of domain etc.. But, the duplicate penalty myth puts my mind at ease a little. -Shaun Thanks for the post Cow.

I have heard before that part of Google determining which duplicate gets listed is link authority, but I assume it could be other factors as well, such as the date of indexing, age of domain etc..

But, the duplicate penalty myth puts my mind at ease a little.

-Shaun

]]> By: stubsy http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25619 stubsy Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:49:26 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25619 You might be right but I would have thought google would have to take into account who posted first <abbr><em>stubsys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/stubsy/~3/402847006/" rel="nofollow">Blogging as a lifestyle</a></abbr></em> You might be right but I would have thought google would have to take into account who posted first

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]]> By: Trent http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25618 Trent Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:43:23 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25618 Pretty much what I have been preaching all along! As long as you are providing good content you don't need to worry about duplicate penalties. Even submitting articles to multiple sites isn't something to worry about. And link popularity is key! <abbr><em>Trents last blog post..<a href="http://www.work-at-home-jobs-iowa.com/2008/09/blogs-suck-for-internet-marketing-and.html" rel="nofollow">Blogs Suck for Internet Marketing and Making Money Online</a></abbr></em> Pretty much what I have been preaching all along! As long as you are providing good content you don’t need to worry about duplicate penalties. Even submitting articles to multiple sites isn’t something to worry about.

And link popularity is key!

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]]> By: calson http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25617 calson Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:29:11 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25617 Great post . Thank you very much. Maybe this can make my blog more unique Great post . Thank you very much. Maybe this can make my blog more unique

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]]> By: Colin Klinkert http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25611 Colin Klinkert Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:27:10 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25611 Great Post Cow... Ben - Im scared of the big G. Being high in their rankings for some sites makes me good money :) <abbr><em>Colin Klinkerts last blog post..<a href="http://www.colinklinkert.com/2008/09/using-viralinviter-with-the-brand-new-viralnetworks/" rel="nofollow">Using ViralInviter With The Brand New ViralNetworks</a></abbr></em> Great Post Cow…

Ben – Im scared of the big G. Being high in their rankings for some sites makes me good money :)

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]]> By: Allyn http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25610 Allyn Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:08:23 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25610 The key phrase is "link popularity" If I have the same article exactly as 25 other sites, but my permalink for that article has lots and lots more inlinks, I win!!! Links people! Links! :twisted: AL <abbr><em>Allyns last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/lifeandlawns/dmQs/~3/399139636/" rel="nofollow">Honest Review of the Neuton Battery Powered Mower</a></abbr></em> The key phrase is “link popularity”

If I have the same article exactly as 25 other sites, but my permalink for that article has lots and lots more inlinks, I win!!!

Links people! Links!

:twisted:

AL

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]]> By: John Cow http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25608 John Cow Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:53:50 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25608 Yes it is but what I do to easily eliminate that issue is I block those pages via my robots.txt file. So for example, the domain with the PPC would have a robots.txt file like this... <em>Start --> Sitemap: http://www.domain.com/sitemap.xml User-agent: Mediapartners-Google Disallow: User-agent: * Disallow: /images/ Disallow: /cgi-bin/ Disallow: /temp/ Disallow: /*.gif$ Disallow: /*.jpg$ Disallow: /*.zip$ Disallow: /*.doc$ Disallow: /*.exe$ Disallow: /*.pdf$ Disallow: /PPCfolder/ <-- End</em> The "Disallow: /PPCfolder/" tells Google (and the other search engines) that they are not allowed access to this folder (directory) or the contents within that directory and there for will not count them in the index and not count as duplicate content. This does not prevent the Google Adwords bot from spidering the page for page quality... that can not be stopped :) Yes it is but what I do to easily eliminate that issue is I block those pages via my robots.txt file.

So for example, the domain with the PPC would have a robots.txt file like this…

Start –>

Sitemap: http://www.domain.com/sitemap.xml

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google

Disallow:

User-agent: *

Disallow: /images/

Disallow: /cgi-bin/

Disallow: /temp/

Disallow: /*.gif$

Disallow: /*.jpg$

Disallow: /*.zip$

Disallow: /*.doc$

Disallow: /*.exe$

Disallow: /*.pdf$

Disallow: /PPCfolder/

< -- End

The “Disallow: /PPCfolder/” tells Google (and the other search engines) that they are not allowed access to this folder (directory) or the contents within that directory and there for will not count them in the index and not count as duplicate content.

This does not prevent the Google Adwords bot from spidering the page for page quality… that can not be stopped :)

]]> By: Tamar http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25607 Tamar Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:48:50 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25607 Hi there, I'm just wondering if you set up multiple squeeze pages for your Adwords campaigns which are substantially the same but just vary the keywords or phrases to those that you targeting in your campaigns -would that be regarded as duplicate content? My site http://innovativerealestateinvestments.com used to be #4 for the kwd phrase "positive real estate" but now ranks #28.(in google australia). Cheers, Tamar Hi there,

I’m just wondering if you set up multiple squeeze pages for your Adwords campaigns which are substantially the same but just vary the keywords or phrases to those that you targeting in your campaigns -would that be regarded as duplicate content?

My site http://innovativerealestateinvestments.com used to be #4 for the kwd phrase “positive real estate” but now ranks #28.(in google australia).

Cheers,

Tamar

]]> By: Ben - frogstr.com http://www.johncow.com/google-demystifies-duplicate-content-kind-a-sort-a/#comment-25605 Ben - frogstr.com Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:31:20 +0000 http://www.johncow.com/?p=2116#comment-25605 That's great and that's what I've always said: duplicate content is not that bad and won't get you at the bottom of search engines. You just want to add some value to that duplicate content. People are so afraid of big G, it's worrying. That’s great and that’s what I’ve always said: duplicate content is not that bad and won’t get you at the bottom of search engines. You just want to add some value to that duplicate content.

People are so afraid of big G, it’s worrying.

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