Comments on: Duplicate Content, Generic Content, Scraped Content, Syndicated Content…What’s The Diff?

By: Rich Dansereau

Rich Dansereau — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:32:05 +0000

@ James – I have linked, as a citation in this post, to several Google articles where more info can be found. These links are to Google’s official blog.

By: James Goksina

James Goksina — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:02:22 +0000

Very useful post. where can i find more articles on this subject ?

By: Rich Dansereau

Rich Dansereau — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:52:40 +0000

@ Mihaela Lica – I can definitely see your point. By Google’s own statements, they try to find the original source of information and cluster all the URLs behind what they feel is the original URL. Google also freely admits that though they are very good at finding the original URL, they do not always get it right. This is a disturbing but not altogether unexpected admission. It does seem that if you are part of Google’s cluster but not the ‘original’ URL and therefore do not show that that is a penalty. I do think that perspective, whether Google’s or the webmaster’s plays a huge part in how this non-penalty, penalty is viewed. I am a proponent of original content with source citations if someone else’s content is being cited for authoritative or incidental purposes. This source citation is something I learned in school. IMHO, credit given to the original author coupled with new, original material can enhance and further the thinking of the source material but simply using (or plagiarizing) the source material of someone else is completely unacceptable and does nothing to further either the thinking or the conversation.

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:25:51 +0000

Well, the idea that there is no penalty always bugged me somehow. If they choose not to show your pages, they call it “filtering” – but for the webmasters affected by this “filtering” I think it is a penalty. It’s a matter of walking in different shoes. Google’s shoes say :”duplicate content penalty is a myth.” The webmasters say: “my site was penalized for having duplicate content.” Probably everything that doesn’t go according to some peoples’ will can be regarded as a penalty.