Squidoo and Duplicate Content

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Kylven, Sep 3, 2009.

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    I’ve done some searching around the net to find an answer to this question, but it escapes me. If I create a Squidoo lens and have the RSS module post the last 10 entries with full teasers, will Search Engines Penalize for duplicate content or is RSS somehow exempt?
     
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  2. Cryogenius

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    Two things:
    1) search engines don't penalise duplicate content and never have. All they do is filter it so it only appears once.
    2) the RSS module on Squidoo is rendered in Javascript, so search engines can't see it anyway.
     
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  3. Kylven

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    So does that mean if the Squidoo lens is of higher PageRank than the original source, the original source will be de-indexed?

    Or… because Squidoo uses Java Script, the lens’ RSS feed content is not crawled and the original source remains unique?
     
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    The thing with an rss feed is it only shows you a highlight, like google does in the serps when it returns a portion of your page for a description.

    Think about social bookmarks that do the same.


    If an rss is javascript then it's not even a concern

    The only concern is a full blown replay of the page, which is why I removed the rss feed options from my website and only add rss to aggregator that put a small portion of the article in the descript.

    I don't want another site ranking for MY content.
     
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  5. bigcat1967

    bigcat1967 Active Member

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    Here's the deal - let's say there's three article contents that's Named A , B, and C

    Google indexes article A - throws out B & C - but it doesn't penalize any site.
     
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    Although google will not penalize (or they cant afford to ;) ) i think its better to get unique content or atleast spin them around. RSS shouldnt be a problem at all. Squidoo is a marketing tool so use it to your advantage without worrying; as long as you abide by their policy you are good!
     
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    Don't you think that is time related question here?
     
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  8. Michelle.

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    That can't be true. I've typed an exact phrase in google many times and seen results show up with the same articles in several websites.... I don't know if they're cracking down on it but it's something i've experienced a lot.
     
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    Michelle, I’ve seen this before too, mostly with syndicated content or article publications on a variety of article directories. If what bigcat1967 says is correct, is article A the higher pagerank or the first to be indexed by Google?
     
    Kylven, Sep 4, 2009 IP