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Taler
Sep 11th 2007, 8:35 pm
Google ranks copycats lower than originals. But how does google know which one is posted first or does the sites that get crawled more always have the advantage?
tushardhoot1
Sep 11th 2007, 8:36 pm
Well, its assumed that the original will be posted/published before the copycat, so whichever site was indexed first, I'd guess.
jodiel
Sep 11th 2007, 8:40 pm
yes, i think their bases is who was indexed first will be the original. Also if your site is trusted by google, Google thinks you are the orig.
Taler
Sep 11th 2007, 9:42 pm
What? What if a smaller site posted it first, but then a few hours a larger site rips it off, and google indexes the larger site the original writer is screwed?
davewashere
Sep 11th 2007, 11:16 pm
Yes, Google will credit the larger site as the original. If you write a blog post and CNN decided to steal it a few minutes later and post it as their news story, their article would rank much higher. It stinks, but that's just the way it is. Of course, it's not easy to build up a good website that's a trusted source of information by stealing, but it does happen. Look at eBaum's World.
Jasonb
Sep 11th 2007, 11:22 pm
yeah for sure, who's indexed first
IEmailer.com
Sep 14th 2007, 9:31 am
yeah for sure, who's indexed first

I totally agree on the above, what ever site is indexed first will have the priority.
speda1
Sep 14th 2007, 11:03 am
Judging from the proxy hijack problem, Google has no idea which is the original...
Hersheys
Sep 14th 2007, 12:43 pm
Google ranks copycats lower than originals. But how does google know which one is posted first or does the sites that get crawled more always have the advantage?

Well, I think google based it on the date on which site is first indexed having the content.
digitalduke
Sep 14th 2007, 1:24 pm
Well, I think google based it on the date on which site is first indexed having the content.

Thanks I didnt know this fact..
flash902007
Sep 14th 2007, 4:01 pm
This is something i think google need to look into and do something about. i wrote an original article about getting listed in the yahoo directory, it was totally unique and i wrote it. it was published in both sitepronews, and site-reference, and 6 weeks late i see somebody else has it on their site claiming it as their own.

how does google determine that i or him is the owner - its something ive never understood how they can make that decision and be correct?