Can a website be penalized for using the same type of design of another website? I have a design that I would like to use on another website, but I have heard comments in the past that G could penalize for a duplicate design. Is this true? None of the content will be the same but the design will be 100% the same.
Do you mean the code that controlls the design or the images? I haven't heard of anything like that before, also I have used very similiar code for several different sites in the past too... I would be amazed if you were penalised for anything like that. As long as the content is different, you should be fine I would have thought.
In my experience, the duplicate content filter only hits you if it find really close matches.. Like 98% or something. Just the design copied will never get you to that treshold. You will be fine.
Ok thank you. I wasnt sure, you read and hear all kinds of reviews about what you can and cant do. I didnt think it would but I wanted another opinion other then my own. Thanks for all your responses.