Question about duplicate content on your site

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by autumn1220, Jul 20, 2007.

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    I know that it is important to have unique content on your site (for example not using the same articles as 100 other people). However, would it make a difference if there was duplicate content on different pages within my own site?
    Thank you for your help.
     
    autumn1220, Jul 20, 2007 IP
  2. oseymour

    oseymour Well-Known Member

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    It is still duplicate content....If you have the same content on multiple pages in your site....In fact I think this will get your site in more problems.
     
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  3. gHing:-)

    gHing:-) Banned

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    seo_ranter is right..
    once the SE found out that your site has a duplicate content it will consider as a form of spamming..
    it can possibly result in penalties that can lower your SE rankings...
     
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  4. autumn1220

    autumn1220 Peon

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    Oh that stinks! thanks for letting me know! I have been selling advertising and some ads are placed in up to 50 pages in the state directory.
     
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    imnotadoctor Well-Known Member

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  6. trichnosis

    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    all of the search engines hate duplicate content. it's better to avoid from duplicate content
     
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    Manish Pandey Well-Known Member

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    Yep absolutely!
     
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  8. autumn1220

    autumn1220 Peon

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    I guess for some reason I didn't think it would matter if it was duplicate content within the same site. I have so much to learn :-/.
     
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    sweetfunny Banned

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    It wont really harm your site, but the stronger page will rank and the other wont which renders the duplicate useless.
     
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  10. Forrest

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    If some pages are mostly duplicate content, those pages are likely to wind up in the supp-dex. Running some amount of non-unique text isn't automatically spam, in and of itself. Think of all the newspapers and outlet that rerun stories verbatim from AP and Reuters.

    For a personal web site, I would take a few paragraphs at most, and put them inside a blockquote with a cite.
     
    Forrest, Jul 20, 2007 IP