If I have text in sidebars with testimonials from clients and they show on every page on my website , is that duplicate content ? Does google penalize me? Also, if I have some important info on my homepage that I feel is necessary to show on another page and it is pretty much copied over, do I get penalized for that also? Thanks.
Didnt duplicate a whole page, just a block of text that I wanted to show on another page as well. Maybe about 150 words.
No need to worry about your own content.. I remember reading a blog post on the official google blog stating things clearly, for once, about the duplicate content.