Hi Folks, a question: If I create a blog post with multiple categories, will this earn a duplicate content penalty (i.e., if a different url is called under "news," "fishing," or "midwest reports," but it is the same post, is this a problem? Thanks, Paul
I would err on the side of yes, it's duplicate. I could be wrong. Disclaimer: I am not a search engine and I've never played one on TV
You could always just write a unique summary for each to show on the index page. This way your actuall content will never have issues, at least until someone copies it. example in my blog posting in my title
I've neer thought of that, but have never had a problem with it. I usually post in multiple categories. I feel that if there was a problem with this, it would have been addressed by now.
Glad to see this thread, as it is something I'm just researching for my lady, Marjorie. Say for example if she posts some content in a blog she's managing that is also in an article she has previously posted on her own web site. You could say she would be quoting from herself. Would this be frowned upon by Google from an ad sense point of view? What is the meaning of "duplicate content"? Sorry if the answer is obvious, but I'm still rather a newbie, even though I am an older guy.
Buteverde - absolute newbie myself, but here's what I have gleaned. Submitting pages one one's own site which are essentially duplicates of one another (on one's own site) may earn the dup penalty. This would hold, I would guess, where you have a blog post and article from within your domain which are essentially the same. I have seen arguments pro and con regarding reprints of an article from your site which is also on the web via other sources - such as article directories. But I would think it may not be the best idea to have 2 pages of dup content on one's domain. Also, it occurs to me re: my earlier question. Each of my pages are unique, because every category, which is a unique permalink url, contains a different assortment of blog posts. IN other words, a given news page will differ from a regional report page, because there are different posts pulled together to form those different categories. Now, presuming the dup content filter is a reality, and if so, presuming it looks for truly dup pages (and not just elements or clauses from one page which are duplicated elsewhere on one's site), I would think I, and others like me (such as you, bschneider5), are in the clear. Make sense, or no?
You refer to "a blog post and article from within your domain". This case is that she's contributing blogs within another site run by Families.com, and she would like to post her writing that exists on one of her own seven sites, one that relates to popular culture, which is the topic of her blog at Families. Both at her sites and at Families, ad sense is being used for income. I don't understand the meaning of "duplicate content", but I sense that this is something that is punished by Google. Can anyone clarify this or help me to find the information?
buteverde - gotcha. I have heard conflicting opinions on this one, so afraid I can't be of much help. I know for myself, I've adopted somewhat of a hybrid idea - I don't submit anything which is already on my site to another site, in toto. But I may revisit a very similar topic and amplify it or take it in a new direction from something I have on my site. My feeling is that while GG may do nothing about it now (and many, many people have said don't worry about it), I am concerned that once I really get rocking, I (and others) may get a big smackdown in the future, and I'd be in a good deal of hurt. I'm playing it cautiously. (Although I did multi-submit articles - now, I'm just submitting to one directory and allowing time to take care of the rest).