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When Duplicate Content Really Hurts
SEO News Source: http://www.seomoz.org
Published: May 15, 2008 - 12:20 pm
Story Found By: vangogh 1472 Days ago
Category: SEO
Conventional wisdom among experienced SEOs is that there is no such thing as a duplicate content penalty. In general principle, this notion is true, but there are exceptions to this rule. In other words, duplicate content penalties do exist for certain scenarios, and that is what we are going to discuss in this post.
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from Disco-Stu 1472 Days ago #
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Great read, thanks. I always wonder about the dupe content paranoia, and how bad it really hurts you

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from g1smd 1472 Days ago #
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It’s several filters,   not a penalty.

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from vangogh 1471 Days ago #
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I agree. I think duplicate content is one of those things that can look like a penalty, when in reality it’s filters, but I do think there are cases where a penalty is applied. Perhaps if one trips too many filters.

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from SeoDesignSolutions 1470 Days ago #
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No fear of duplicate content here, I on the contrary use it to rank pages higher, you just have to know how and think about chronology when introducing content through various channels. Spiders are intelligent enough to figure it who was first, even if it takes a few days to recover a ranking.

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from yojpotter2 1470 Days ago #
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Nice find vangogh! It is indeed an interesting read and helpful read.

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from crazycat 1470 Days ago #
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This is one issue that we have to know also and be concerned with.

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from yourseomentor 1470 Days ago #
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Thanks Vangogh for the great find on this one. Duplicate content is still a big problem and issue and we can’t ignore it.

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from Mani-Karthik 1467 Days ago #
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yea vangogh....i do think that duplicate content still remains, and i have facts to substantiate it...

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